Sustainable agriculture

Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture 2014 - Abu Dhabi
02 Feb 2014 to 04 Feb 2014in Abu Dhabi
- Jobs
United Nations University -- Grants for Capacity Building in Agricultural Research 2013
Open until09 Aug 2013
- Funding
European Development Bank (EBRD) -- Know-How Exchange
Open until16 Jul 2013
- Jobs
PhD position: Plant Nutrition/Soil Molecular Ecology
Open until30 Jun 2013
What I learned from Organic Farm visit
06 Jun 2013by Madan Poudel
- Call for participation
Call for applications: ETH Zurich Summerschool on Sustainable Agriculture and the World Food System
Open until25 Apr 2013
- Funding
Brazilian Government -- Science Without Borders "Young Talent Program" 2013
Open until19 May 2013
- Funding
Yara -- Yara Prize 2013
Open until02 May 2013
Feed the Future in Haiti Achieves Success in Horticulture
26 Jul 2012
- Call for participation
The World Tech Jam is taking place from 5th to 7th June 2012!
Open until06 Jun 2012
Rio+20 should prioritise sustainable agriculture
25 May 2012
World Food Prize; What next?...
14 Feb 2012by Marina Cherbonnier
- Call for participation
Call for Applications - On-the-Job Research Capacity Building Traineeship (OJCB)

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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.