food systems

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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
- Funding
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
- Call for participation
Call for articles: Valuing underutilised crops
Open until31 Mar 2016
Young agri-food leaders and lovers tell their views on the future of our food system
24 Sep 2015
- Jobs
Internship on Youth Entrepreneurial Development at FAO
- Call for participation
Call for applications: Three new training courses on neglected and underutilized species
Open until27 Oct 2013
- Call for participation
Swiss programme for Research on Global Issues for Development (r4d programme)
Open until12 Sep 2013

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.

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food systems

YPARD communications and engagement expert

Youth-led sustainable agriculture for urban food systems in East Africa workshop report

Climate change and food systems: the role of women

Unveiling the participants of the young progressive farmers’ workshop

Postdoctoral fellowships for food systems of the future

Call for application: Youth Shaping Sustainable Food Systems Workshop in Eastern Africa

Young professionals shaping the future of Food Systems: YPARD Strategic Directions 2018 -2021

EIT Food RIS fellowship workshop

Free online e-learning: Designing sustainable food systems

Foresight4food: Three lessons for better fishing

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation — Sustainable Water Management

SDC Calls for Proposals

Bienvenue à la Directrice de YPARD: Myriam Perez

欢迎YPARD全球协调人：Myriam Perez

Welcoming the incoming YPARD Director: Myriam Perez

FAO - FSN forum in Europe and Central Asia

Thinking aloud: How could I forget the smallholder farmer?

15th EAAE congress - towards sustainable agri-food systems

UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) -- Global Challenges Research in Food and Agriculture

ARIMNet2 -- Agriculture and Food Systems in the Mediterranean Region

Call for articles: Valuing underutilised crops

Young agri-food leaders and lovers tell their views on the future of our food system

Internship on Youth Entrepreneurial Development at FAO

Call for applications: Three new training courses on neglected and underutilized species

Swiss programme for Research on Global Issues for Development (r4d programme)

ICSD 2020 : 8th International Conference on Sustainable Development, 9 - 10 September 2020 Rome, Italy

Youth in Landscapes Camp

BIOPAMA — Medium Grants for Actions

King Boudouin Foundation — Prize for Research on Water Availability

Geneva Centre for Security Policy — Prize for Innovation in Global Security 2019

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