Food security

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Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation — Sustainable Water Management
Open until11 Jun 2018
A letter from Let’s Food to you
04 May 2018by Louison Lancon
Youth as the Future of the Global Food System
01 May 2018
Rise in Nigerian population; an opportunity or a nightmare for agriculture?
20 Apr 2018by Nicholas Ojonugwa Alifa
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Food Connection Challenge 2018
Open until19 May 2018
- Call for participation
Food Connection Challenge 2018
Open until19 May 2018
- Call for participation
Thought For Food 2018 Global Challenge
Open until04 May 2018
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African Women’s Development Fund — Empowering African Women
Open until07 Mar 2018
- Call for participation
FTA - Postdoctoral position on food security and sustainable agriculture
Open until31 Mar 2018
New challenges to food security in Zambia
30 Jan 2018by Mzeziti Mwanza
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Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture — Travel Grants 2018
Open until07 Sep 2018
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U.S. Department of State — Global Food Security Strategy
Open until31 Jan 2018
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NextWorldNow Community Investments — Community Grants 2018
Open until31 Mar 2018
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European Commission — Master of Science in Food Security and Climate Change 2018-2020
Open until31 Jan 2018
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SEED Foundation — Agricultural Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa 2018
Open until05 Feb 2018
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University of Bergen — PhD Course on Food Security
Open until15 Feb 2018
Storytelling workshop in Stockholm
11 Dec 2017in Impact Hub
What role can Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services play in realizing gender equality and improved nutrition?
27 Nov 2017
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October 2017 F@rmletter- Making a difference in food security and nutrition
22 Nov 2017
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International Foundation for Science — Research Grants for Individuals
Open until31 Dec 2017
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Wageningen University — Course on Wetlands, Integrated Water Resources Management and Food Security
Open until18 Oct 2017
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Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program
Open until05 Nov 2017
Climate change, food security and low employment: Engaging youth in agriculture through YPARD
04 Oct 2017by Sunil Abeyasekera
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Now open! Become part of an international project in India
Open until31 Oct 2017
Closing the gap between the youth and agriculture in Africa
27 Sep 2017
- Call for participation
The Young Professionals Program
Open until11 Sep 2017
The future of agriculture in Nigeria
06 Sep 2017by Eric Terver Nyikwagh
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ETH Zurich — World Food System Grants 2017
Open until31 Oct 2017
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Earth Journalism Network — Reporting on Fishing in West Africa
Open until05 Jul 2017
Course on Agricultural policy, food security and climate change

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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.