Agriculture

2020 – The year of same goals but different approach
21 Jan 2020by Julijana El omari
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Asia New Zealand Foundation — Capacity Building for Agribusiness Entrepreneurs
Open until20 Feb 2020
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Lutfia Rabbani Foundation — PhD and Master’s Scholarship for the Arab World
Open until31 Mar 2020
Welcoming a new YPARD Steering Committee member: Marina Cherbonnier
08 Jan 2020by Pius Hiwe
1er Café YPARD à Goma
20 Sep 2019by Aimé Kazika
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YPARD communications and engagement expert
Open until29 Aug 2019
YPARD 2018 annual report
06 Aug 2019
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15 latest developments in the revised YPARD Charter
06 Aug 2019by Emmie Kio Wachira
Our Annual Report for 2018 is out!
02 Aug 2019by Emmie Kio Wachira
Welcoming a new YPARD Steering Committee member: Keron Bascombe
30 Jul 2019by Pius Hiwe
Welcoming a new YPARD Steering Committee member: Sebastian Pedraza Paez
30 Jul 2019by Pius Hiwe
Welcoming a new YPARD Steering Committee member: Lako Mbouendeu Stephane
30 Jul 2019by Pius Hiwe
YPARD representation at the Rome Based Agencies Youth Council
25 Jul 2019by Emmie Kio Wachira
YPARD representation at the TAP Capacity Development Expert Group
15 Jul 2019by Emmie Kio Wachira
Report on climate resilient agriculture workshop
04 Jul 2019
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Lincoln University Agriculture & life sciences faculty summer scholarships
Open until03 Sep 2019
Our Future is Here – Join the campaign
30 May 2019
YPARD RDC : Trois jours de partage et capitalisation d’expériences à Kisantu
23 May 2019by Eden Mvuenga
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Lancement du FIRE Awards 2019
Open until31 May 2019
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1ère ÉDITION DU FORUM NATIONAL JEUNESSE ET EMPLOIS VERTS
Open until25 May 2019
Unveiling the participants of the young progressive farmers’ workshop
14 Mar 2019by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
How can we support you better? YPARD 2019 Members' survey
05 Feb 2019by Emmie Kio Wachira
Call for application: Youth Shaping Sustainable Food Systems Workshop in Eastern Africa
03 Feb 2019by Zaake Paul
Webinar: Climate resilience and job prospects for young people in agriculture
07 Feb 2019
YPARD Serbia: Exploring the views – organic farmers
20 Dec 2018by Julijana El omari
Youth employment in agriculture as a solid solution to ending hunger and poverty in Africa
13 Nov 2018
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Save the date: Youth as drivers of innovation interactive event
12 Nov 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
"Making agriculture attractive for the African Youth" - An interview with the YPARD Director
10 Nov 2018by Thembani Malapela
Research for AGRI committee - young farmers - policy implementation after the 2013 CAP reform
05 Nov 2018
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Closing the Generation Gap, Investment and Youth
23 Oct 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira

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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.

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Agriculture

2020 – The year of same goals but different approach

Asia New Zealand Foundation — Capacity Building for Agribusiness Entrepreneurs

Lutfia Rabbani Foundation — PhD and Master’s Scholarship for the Arab World

Welcoming a new YPARD Steering Committee member: Marina Cherbonnier

1er Café YPARD à Goma

YPARD communications and engagement expert

YPARD 2018 annual report

15 latest developments in the revised YPARD Charter

Our Annual Report for 2018 is out!

Welcoming a new YPARD Steering Committee member: Keron Bascombe

Welcoming a new YPARD Steering Committee member: Sebastian Pedraza Paez

Welcoming a new YPARD Steering Committee member: Lako Mbouendeu Stephane

YPARD representation at the Rome Based Agencies Youth Council

YPARD representation at the TAP Capacity Development Expert Group

Report on climate resilient agriculture workshop

Lincoln University Agriculture & life sciences faculty summer scholarships

Our Future is Here – Join the campaign

YPARD RDC : Trois jours de partage et capitalisation d’expériences à Kisantu

Lancement du FIRE Awards 2019

1ère ÉDITION DU FORUM NATIONAL JEUNESSE ET EMPLOIS VERTS

Unveiling the participants of the young progressive farmers’ workshop

How can we support you better? YPARD 2019 Members' survey

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

Webinar: Climate resilience and job prospects for young people in agriculture

YPARD Serbia: Exploring the views – organic farmers

Youth employment in agriculture as a solid solution to ending hunger and poverty in Africa

Save the date: Youth as drivers of innovation interactive event

"Making agriculture attractive for the African Youth" - An interview with the YPARD Director

Research for AGRI committee - young farmers - policy implementation after the 2013 CAP reform

Closing the Generation Gap, Investment and Youth

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

African Academy of Sciences — Intra-Africa Research Collaboration

Minor Foundation for Major Challenges — Public Awareness on Climate Change

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund — Grants in Support of Endangered and Critically Endangered Species 2020

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