food systems

- Call for participation
Youth entrepreneurship in agriculture and changing food systems 2021
Open until20 Sep 2021
- Jobs
Call for applications: YPARD Director
Open until27 Feb 2021
The role of youth in the transformation of food systems
21 Jul 2020 to 23 Jul 2020in YPARD Facebook Page
E-forum: Possible YouthInAg dynamics post COVID-19
17 Jun 2020by Jim leandro Pil Cano
Agriculture and COVID-19: problems and opportunities
03 Jun 2020by Aastha Bhusal
E-forum: Possible YouthInAg dynamics post COVID-19
21 May 2020in YPARD Facebook Page
On COVID-19 and food security: A Brazilian youth’s perspective
15 May 2020by Naína Ariana Souza tumelero
YPARD: a youth movement experience for sustainable food systems?
12 May 2020by Marina Cherbonnier
- Jobs
Program manager, food systems and resilience
Open until03 Nov 2019
- Call for participation
WUR Urban Greenhouse Challenge
Open until30 May 2020
- Jobs
YPARD communications and engagement expert
Open until29 Aug 2019
Youth-led sustainable agriculture for urban food systems in East Africa workshop report
18 Jun 2019
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Climate change and food systems: the role of women
18 Apr 2019by Sally Musungu
Unveiling the participants of the young progressive farmers’ workshop
14 Mar 2019by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
- Funding
Postdoctoral fellowships for food systems of the future
Open until30 Apr 2019
Call for application: Youth Shaping Sustainable Food Systems Workshop in Eastern Africa
03 Feb 2019by Zaake Paul
Young professionals shaping the future of Food Systems: YPARD Strategic Directions 2018 -2021
09 Aug 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
EIT Food RIS fellowship workshop
11 Jul 2018by Cristina Conea
Free online e-learning: Designing sustainable food systems
27 Jun 2018
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Foresight4food: Three lessons for better fishing
30 May 2018by Myriam Pérez
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Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation — Sustainable Water Management
Open until11 Jun 2018
- Funding
SDC Calls for Proposals
Open until11 Jun 2018
Bienvenue à la Directrice de YPARD: Myriam Perez
10 Apr 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
欢迎YPARD全球协调人：Myriam Perez
10 Apr 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
Welcoming the incoming YPARD Director: Myriam Perez
10 Apr 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
- Call for participation
FAO - FSN forum in Europe and Central Asia
Open until31 Oct 2017
Thinking aloud: How could I forget the smallholder farmer?
08 Mar 2017by Patrick Sakyi
15th EAAE congress - towards sustainable agri-food systems
29 Aug 2017 to 01 Sep 2017in Parma
- Funding
UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) -- Global Challenges Research in Food and Agriculture
Open until21 Jun 2016
- Funding
ARIMNet2 -- Agriculture and Food Systems in the Mediterranean Region
Open until31 May 2016

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Youth success stories

From the Czech Republic to Asia, Africa and beyond my agricultural story so far!

Introducing Dr. Hynek Roubík, an expert in organic waste management and sustainable technologies, leader of the Biogas Research Team at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU), an agriculture enthusiast with a passion for his work and the second-youngest member of the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Bioeconomy platform of the Czech Republic.

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.