CGIAR

Nominations open for the 2018 Maize-Asia Youth Innovators Awards
30 Jul 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
- Jobs
CGIAR - research student assistant
Open until05 Aug 2018
Dryland agrifood, youth research and the CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals
24 Feb 2018by Courtney Paisley
Diverse and invisible: Understanding rural young people
23 Nov 2017
YPARD Sweden: Tweeting for change
13 Nov 2017by Sunil Abeyasekera
Webinar: Rural youth and livelihood change
17 Oct 2017by Emmie Kio Wachira
International conference: "Living territories for sustainable developement"
22 Jan 2018 to 24 Jan 2018in Montpellier
Is agribusiness the magic bullet for youth unemployment in Africa?
14 Sep 2017
- Jobs
Research programs manager at WorldFish
Open until29 Jun 2017
Farming the future: the role of youth in agriculture and climate change
07 Mar 2017
- Jobs
Genetic Diversity and Improvement Program Leader – Upland Rice Breeder
Open until01 Jan 2017
Growing together: me, YPARD and CGIAR
01 Nov 2016by Nadia Lucia Manning-thomas
Creciendo juntos: YPARD, CGIAR y yo
01 Nov 2016by Nadia Lucia Manning-thomas
Grandir ensemble: moi, YPARD et le CGIAR
01 Nov 2016by Nadia Lucia Manning-thomas
New study sheds light on youth issues in drylands
19 Jul 2016by Courtney Paisley
New study sheds light on youth issues in drylands
19 Jul 2016by Courtney Paisley
Nouvelle étude: les défis des jeunes en zones arides mis en lumiere
19 Jul 2016by Courtney Paisley
Skills for Youth in Drylands
15 Jul 2016
A day in the life of a young apple farmer in Morocco
15 Jul 2016by Abdelali Ouhri
[VIDEO] - What are the realities, aspirations and challenges of rural youth in dryland areas?
15 Jul 2016
[VIDEO] - What are the realities, aspirations and challenges of rural youth in dryland areas?
15 Jul 2016
[VIDEO] - What are the realities, aspirations and challenges of rural youth in dryland areas?
15 Jul 2016
[VIDEO] - Quelles sont les réalités, les aspirations et les défis de la jeunesse rurale dans les zones arides?
15 Jul 2016
Would you be a farmer in drylands if you had the choice?
15 Jul 2016by Malak Tleis
New study sheds light on youth issues in drylands
15 Jul 2016by Courtney Paisley
- Jobs
Communication Assistant needed: CCAFS West Africa
Open until30 May 2016
Developing an Integration and Coordination Mechanism for CGIAR Research in Ghana
30 Mar 2016by Raymond Ategbi Okrofu
The agricultural youth in the national consultations of the GCARD3 in Niger
29 Mar 2016by Zakari Hassane
La jeunesse agricole nigérienne aux consultations nationales de la GCARD3
29 Mar 2016by Zakari Hassane
Les jeunes aux consultations nationales du Mali sur l’intégration des sites du CGIAR - #GCARD3
11 Mar 2016by Ibrahim Sidibe

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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.