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Sharing knowledge and experience - Young students and farmers training together to improve productivity

My name is Shishir Dahal and I am a third year agriculture student at Madan Bhandari Agro Technical College, Ghorahi, Dang, Nepal where we specialize in methods of production and packaging of cereals, legumes, oil seeds and industrial crops. It was from this institution where I learned from Mr. Himalaya Subedi, the course instructor, about the spring rice cultivation and innovative... More
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Behind the scenes: Bringing successful stories of young agri-entrepreneurs

I just remembered a great quote by William Shakespeare: “Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.” By the time you are reading this blogpost, we (as YPARD Nepal) have successfully completed one of the biggest events in 2016: Storytelling Contest for Young Agri-entrepreneurs. In fact, it was a long... More
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BEYOND FARMING: Maximizing Greennovation Potentials

Agriculture is a goldmine. It comprises many enterprises along the value chain, from producers to consumers, which yield returns. According to Mr. Ayodele Olorunfemi, a keynote speaker at #PoddeumValueChain, an initiative against post-harvest loss with the theme “Tapping Greennovation” – Many people have failed to understand the concept of agriculture and the stages of production as it relates to agriculture. Hence, there... More
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My Journey in the farm

“Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen and a push in the right direction” - John C Crosby Everyone in life needs someone to show them how to do what they know best. Having being born in a farming family and having spent my whole childhood rearing rabbits and doing other farm chores, I developed a very deep connection... More
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The transformative power of agricultural mentorship

If you are young and happen to be interested in agriculture, more often than not you will hear the phrase, young people are not interested in agriculture because it is not an attractive venture. Or because they have no capital. Or because … (insert the youth lack of interest in agriculture phrase you have heard of late)  Being a leading youth... More
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Welcoming YPARD Web4Knowledge interns: Lemien Saka and former intern Husein Shahadu

We are delighted to welcome the new cohort of remote YPARD Web4Knowledge interns: Lemien Sakalunga (DRC Congo) and former intern Husein Shahadu (Ghana) who renewed his term.  Lemien Sakalunga is an agricultural engineer specializing in agricultural economics with years of experience in blogging, web communication and social media. As a blogger, Lemien helps the Congo bloggers community by coordinating the Kinshasa... More
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Engaging with youth in wheat and maize agri-food systems

As more and more  organizations begin to explore how they can more strongly engage youth in their work, members of YPARD are continuously being approached to provide their experiences and insights to inform discussions and decision-making.  Such was the case of researchers from CIMMYT who are exploring how they can best understand and provide the research to address issues related to... More
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Going back to YPARD’s roots (Revisiting the past, in the present, to see the way forward)

When you’re part of an international platform as vast as YPARD, it is seldom that you get the opportunity to visit the city, where YPARD was officially launched. Such was the privilege given to me to go to New Delhi and speak on behalf of the YPARD Asia Pacific Regional Executive Committee at the Fourth International Agronomy Congress, where a Special... More
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YPARD and the art of paying it forward

"When you've worked hard, and done well, and walked through that doorway of opportunity, you do not slam it shut behind you. You reach back, and you give other folks the same chances that helped you succeed." This is not my quote rather one by Michelle Obama. But its also one that aptly describes Madan Poudel a YPARD member from Nepal. He... More
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The 2016 Global Landscape Forum : An Ocean for Learning and Networking

The Global Landscape Forum (GLF) 2016, an interactive platform to discuss the role of agriculture, forestry and other land uses in climate change and development, was organized on 16th November, 2016 as a side event of COP22 at Kenzi Club Agdal Medina, Marakesh, Morocco. It was my privilege to be a part of the forum as a social media reporter and... More
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Going places with Agriculture

My name is Norman Munyengwa, a young (23) male agriculture graduate who works as a Youth Development and Livelihoods Officer for the Zimbabwe Farmers Union.  From 25-28 October 2016, I was honored to attend a high level youth expert meeting dubbed Youth – Feeding the Future: Addressing the challenges faced by rural youth aged 15 to 17 in preparing for and... More
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YPARD 10 years Celebrations at the International Agronomy Congress

The year 2016 marks YPARD’s 10th anniversary, and there have been ongoing celebrations globally. Within the same breadth, YPARD India toyed around the idea of a grand celebration of the #YPARD10Years at the “4th International Agronomy congress”.  And with the support of YPARD Asia and Pacific, the idea became reality with an interesting twist to it given that the clelebrations were happening... More
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Youth Network in Agriculture: we connect and rejuvenate the world

At the occasion of YPARD 10 years, Marina Cherbonnier, the current communications and knowledge manager, expresses what the added value of YPARD is, as an international network of young professionals in agriculture. I was 25 when I joined YPARD’s global coordination unit as the first web and communications officer. We were two employees then. In retrospect, I feel I grew up... More
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My take home experiences from the Global Landscapes Forum 2016

The global landscape forum at Marrakech was a very interesting forum where more than four hundred participants from all over the world gathered on the sixteenth of November . These included  politicians, scientists and activists working to preserve the world’s landscape. At the forum, there were many side events, workshops and expositions of products and books about preserving the environment over... More
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Welcoming YPARD Africa Networking and Communications Intern : Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye

We are delighted to welcome YPARD Africa Networking and Communications Intern : Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye. Kofi is a graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi with a degree in Post-Harvest Technology (BSc). After university, he worked as a Crop Specialist during the national youth service, where he coordinated several Farmer Based Organisations in which many farmers... More
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YPARD Europe says present at the SIMPLE project kickoff meeting in Prague

SIMPLE (Support of International Platform Merging Labour and Education) is an new EU project coordinated by the  Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences at the CULS ( Czech University of Life Sciences) in Prague. The project has been running since October 2016 and will end in October 2019 with its main objective  to encourage cooperation between academic (HEIs) and professional sector in areas... More
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YPARD is heading to the EFARD meeting in Prague!

Five YPARD delegates from Central and Eastern Europe are heading to The European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD) annual meeting which brings together 57 representatives of 27 different countries and various agricultural organizations including  AGRINATURA, FARA, FANRPAN, CIRAD, EAFF, YPARD and others. The meeting aims at paving the way for Young Professionals to engage in discussions on agricultural research... More
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Business advisory model: A necessary tool for Smallholder Farmers

Impacting lives constitutes one of the main reasons for human existence and what a feeling of fulfilment one has when you work closely with smallholder farmers especially within the clan of farming communities to ensure better farming practices and livelihood! The farming of our time has changed from farming for poor people to farming as a business enterprise, with the aim... More
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Adding more value to agro sector with new ICT tool

Anil Regmi was one of the six finalists of GFAR and YPARD’s Youth Argripreneur Project. As one of the YAPpers, he received an intensive training helping her strengthen the business plan proposal presented with measurable milestones. Anil was also able to better engage in social media campaigning activities to ensure his project gained support. In addition, he has now has a mentor to help guide... More
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My Gir Cows have Arrived!

Nikki Chaudhary was one of the six finalists of the GFAR and YPARD’s Youth Argripreneur Project, who returned to India in April to carry out a project related to the pure Gir breed cattle of India. She purchased six of these climate-resilient cattle and is in the process of evaluating their suitability for dairy farming in India. As one of the... More
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