Mentorship

Youth volunteerism: building capacity among young people in agriculture
08 Oct 2018by Chinonso Bathlomeo Agbo
- Funding
Google.org — Google Impact Challenge Nigeria
Open until04 Jul 2018
Stepping out boldly into the bright future
07 Feb 2018by Pilirani Tendai Khoza
Discovering the latest version of me through mentorship
09 Jan 2018by Alesia Ofori
- Funding
Apply now: MCF@RUFORUM scholarships 2018
Open until13 Nov 2017
- Jobs
YPARD Nigeria: Call for Mentors for the GLA Program
Open until15 Oct 2017
Equipping leaders for agriculture
05 Oct 2017by Olawale Isaiah Ojo
Call for Application: YPARD Nepal On-site Mentorship Program
28 Aug 2017by Dinesh Panday
My YPARD mentoring experience so far
05 Jul 2017by Abisola Temilade Adedigba
Nothing for the youth without the youth!
07 Mar 2017by Emmie Kio Wachira
Equipping young people to make a change in agriculture
27 Jan 2017
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- Funding
University of British Columbia — Inviting Forestry Scholars from India and African Commonwealth Countries
Open until08 Jan 2017
Trinkets and Treasures
12 Aug 2016by Kellyann Allicott
In Search of Gir- My first Visit to Gujarat and Hyderabad
12 Aug 2016by Nikki Pilania Chaudhary
An Encouraging Effort to Develop Interpersonal Skills
11 Mar 2016by Sandhya Gautam
- Funding
EXPO 2015 Innovation Challenge

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.