Food security

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Postdoctoral position at the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences - Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture
Open until28 Feb 2021
100 solutions for 1 problem: feeding the hungry planet
16 Oct 2020by Nikita Bhusal
Agriculture and food production of Nepal under COVID-19
08 Jul 2020by Monika Parajuli
Why are women so important to agriculture?
30 Jun 2020by Beaula Fadzayi Chipoyera
GFRAS - YPARD call for stories
27 Apr 2020by Ingrid Oliveira
Food: A universal friend
19 Apr 2020by Eric Terver Nyikwagh
Food security: The role of youth
15 Nov 2019by Shah Khalid
Strategies for ensuring food security in the changing climate
23 Oct 2019 to 24 Oct 2019in Agriculture University Peshawar
YPARD Bangladesh shines at Nutrition Olympiad 2019
25 Sep 2019by Farjana Akhter Rumky
Driving the food agenda: partnerships for a common goal
29 Jul 2019by Yemi Adeyeye
Taking these “F-words“ seriously: Food and future
28 Jan 2019by Pius Hiwe
Price impact on agriculture production and nutrition
16 Nov 2018
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Next generation delegation
Open until04 Nov 2018
Agri-entrepreneur dances to his own rhythm in Ghana
22 Oct 2018
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Hilden Charitable Trust — Community Projects in Developing Countries
Open until19 Dec 2018
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Call for abstracts - livestock systems in urbanizing environments
Open until15 Jan 2019
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Young scholar’s food security blog contest
Open until10 Oct 2018
Nagarkrishi: Social entrepreneur initiative for better urban food and health
09 Sep 2018by Abu Yousuf Shihab
Reflections on youth and modern farming
28 Aug 2018by Bikram Nepali
Urban food security and consumption
16 Aug 2018by Abu Yousuf Shihab
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CGIAR - research student assistant
Open until05 Aug 2018
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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
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Food Connection Challenge 2018
Open until19 May 2018
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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
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FTA - Postdoctoral position on food security and sustainable agriculture
Open until31 Mar 2018

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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.