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World Forestry Congress' Youth Program - Get involved!
26 May 2015by Marina Cherbonnier
Youth, Agriculture, Food and (sustainable) Development- The ‘2016’ agenda
01 Aug 2016by Nidhi Nagabhatla
How to engage youth in agriculture
10 Jul 2013by Gbadebo Olusegun, abidemi Odularu
10 years of YPARD! What have we learned and where are we going?
13 Jan 2016by Marina Cherbonnier
10 years of YPARD! What have we learned and where are we going?
05 Jan 2016by Courtney Paisley
Mediterranean Youth aims at fighting marginalization with agriculture
03 Oct 2016by Marina Cherbonnier
Agenda 2030: The role of youth in peace, security and sustainability
07 Aug 2017by Nidhi Nagabhatla
Halfway on the GCARD3 Youth journey
06 Mar 2016by Marina Cherbonnier
“The City You Need, the World they want”-UN Habitat III conference insights!
11 Mar 2016by Elcah Nafula Barasa
Eleven young entrepreneurs to kickstart the Global Landscapes Forum
30 Oct 2013
World Forestry Congress' Youth Program
06 Sep 2015 to 10 Sep 2015in Durban,
A growing, vibrant online and on the ground network : YPARD 2015 Annual Report
17 May 2016by Emmie Kio Wachira
Youth have to claim their seat at the table
16 Jul 2013by Grace Njeri Wanene
Youth from everywhere to Bonn in 2018: #ThinkLandscape
24 Apr 2019by Yemi Adeyeye
Strengthening Partnerships Towards Increased Food and Jobs for Youth
16 Oct 2020
When the Mediterranean youth takes the lead
30 Oct 2015by Marina Cherbonnier
Youth up for CRP 1.1’s implementation in South Asia region
20 Sep 2013by Bivekananda Mahat
The Kofi Annan Dialogues: LIVE - Inspiring young people to lead
14 May 2013
Young entrepreneurs to pitch ideas for planet’s future
29 Oct 2014
Why bother about youth-focused agriculture?
26 Feb 2016by Samurdhi Ranasinghe
Welcoming YPARD Kenya Representative: Phidel Hazel Arunga
02 Aug 2019by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
Working together in the rural areas of the Mediterranean
03 Nov 2016by Marina Cherbonnier
Leveraging global experiences for Africa’s agricultural development
31 Jul 2019by Yemi Adeyeye
Motivating the youth for agricultural transformation
21 Sep 2017by Jude Ikechukwu
Closing the Generation Gap, Investment and Youth
23 Oct 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
Youth recommendations at the Forests Asia Summit's closing plenary
Join the E-Discussions on Extension/advisory services and Young Professionals!
04 Sep 2011 to 29 Oct 2011in Worldwilde - on YPARD e-forum
Caux and the Knights of the Round Table
05 Aug 2014by Machteld Schoolenberg
Creating opportunities for rural youth: The moment, the challenges and the future
05 Aug 2019by Emily Ongus

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Youth success stories

Youthful passion to contribute to sustainable food systems

Charles Masereka Yoronimu's commitment to contributing to building sustainable food systems drives him to be an active agent of youth engagement in agriculture.

5 years of YPARD: a life-changing journey

"Being a YPARD representative gave me so many empowering opportunities, but also a chance to empower others" Testimonial by Ivana Radic Jean highlighting her experience and journey in working with youth in agriculture within the YPARD Serbia community since February 2013.

YPARDian bags home the 2017 SFIAR Master Thesis award!

In 2017, YPARD member, Sebastian Mengel, was the recipient of the Master Thesis award for his collaborative research with YPARD, HAFL and CGIAR CRP drylands program on agricultural livelihoods of rural youth in the drylands of Midelt, Morocco.

Good-bye from YPARD Nepal: Creating a space for young leaders

This testimonial by Dinesh Panday highlights his experience in working with youth in agriculture within the YPARD Nepal community since 2012. He is currently a doctoral graduate research assistant (2016-2019) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the former YPARD Nepal country representative.

A season of innovation

The climate-smart irrigation system was designed with the aim of addressing these challenges; by collecting rainwater, transferring it below the soil surface and using it during the time of low rainfall thus making water available and accessible for perennial plants all year round.

Climate resilient agriculture and producer-consumer justice through ICT

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 was created to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts to ensure climate resilient agriculture and ICT based business promotional interventions from producer to consumer level. Youth, therefore, can play a supporting role to increase awareness and promote the agenda of SDG for agricultural sustainability to make sure others are aware of it.

From nowhere to somewhere; YPARD made a way

Marc Ghislain tells about all the changing scenes in his life as a young professional in agriculture: the anxiety in choosing a profession in agriculture and how his engagement with YPARD helped him find his feet in the agricultural sector.

A non-traditional career path

I strongly support and believe in an inclusive and equitable quality education together with lifelong learning opportunities for all. It is very important that we start to facilitate more flexible career paths in science if we want to encourage diversity and creativity. Being a lifelong learner is a value of sustainable self-development. It opens the door to life-changing, rewarding, fulfilling and continuous growth.

Easier said than done: Gender equality and women empowerment

The role of young people in helping shift gender perceptions is paramount. We can no longer employ tradition and culture as excuses for allowing basic inequalities between genders to occur and to keep perpetuating themselves. We need to acknowledge and cherish culture, but also acknowledge that culture is not a static entity and that it can, and must, evolve towards a more equal society.

Believe in sustainability, food security, fight for the hungry: My Credo

In an era where population, technologies and modernization are fast growing, meeting up with the basic food needs of the population worldwide is one of the greatest challenges nations and international institutions are witnessing. Marc Ghislain shares his views on how the young people can be part of the solution and more importantly in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal number two.