Agriculture

Call for applicants - YPARD France country representative
18 Jun 2018by Stacy Hammond
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La 3e édition des Prix Jeunesse Francophone 3535
Open until21 Jun 2018
- Call for participation
The World Bank group -Young Professionals Program (YPP)
Open until31 Jul 2018
- Call for participation
World Bank internship – winter internship program
Open until01 Oct 2018
YPARD 2017 Annual Report is out!
04 Jun 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
YPARD 2017 annual report
04 Jun 2018
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- Funding
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation — Sustainable Water Management
Open until11 Jun 2018
- Funding
University of Michigan — Conference on Sustainability and Development
Open until15 Jul 2018
Call for applicants - Country representative YPARD Switzerland
21 May 2018by Rahel Wyss
YPARD launched in North-West Nigeria
07 May 2018by Ayodeji Rauf
Farewell to Courtney Paisley
02 May 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
Putting Innovation (S) at the Centre of Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Zimbabwe
01 May 2018
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Call for applications : 2018 Tropentag student reporters
Open until02 Jul 2018
Rise in Nigerian population; an opportunity or a nightmare for agriculture?
20 Apr 2018by Nicholas Ojonugwa Alifa
Passing on the YPARD mantle
11 Apr 2018by Courtney Paisley
To an unsung disruptive leader
11 Apr 2018by Marina Cherbonnier
Youth and responsible agricultural investments within agricultural food systems
04 Apr 2018by Gebhard Eshumba
Call for Applications: Youth leaders for the GLF Investment Case
04 Apr 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
Youth in RAS webinar presentation: Natalia Ernst
03 Apr 2018
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Youth in RAS webinar presentation: Alpha Sennon
03 Apr 2018
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Where next for the YPARD network?
31 Mar 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
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Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences — Research Fellowships 2018
Open until08 May 2018
Donor and Partner Event Report for GLF 2017
19 Mar 2018
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Policy Seminar: To Feed the World, Youth in Agriculture Required
13 Mar 2018
Migration is not a one-way street
26 Feb 2018by Courtney Paisley
Dryland agrifood, youth research and the CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals
24 Feb 2018by Courtney Paisley
YPARD's response to the 2017 External Review
07 Feb 2018
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How can African youth transform the agricultural sector?
31 Jan 2018by Sithembile Ndema Mwamakamba
Favoriser un impact soutenu des initiatives de renforcement des capacités pour la jeunesse africaine dans l’agriculture
22 Jan 2018
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Sustaining the impact of capacity development initiatives for African youth in agriculture
22 Jan 2018
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Youth success stories

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.

La lutte contre la pauvreté : motivation, passion, profession et engagement!

Aimé Kazika describes his engagement with other young people to raise awareness so that they become more involved in the agricultural sector within the African and Congolese context.