youth

Strengthening Partnerships Towards Increased Food and Jobs for Youth
16 Oct 2020
- Call for participation
Open Call for Global AgriInno Challenge 2020
Open until17 Oct 2020
Agriculture, youth and ICT
17 Jul 2020by Beaula Fadzayi Chipoyera
- Call for participation
Call for case studies by FAO
Open until28 Jul 2020
On COVID-19 and food security: A Brazilian youth’s perspective
15 May 2020by Naína Ariana Souza tumelero
Youth engagement in agriculture
05 May 2020by Omolola Grace Irere
Welcoming the new YPARD Steering Committee Chair: Marina Cherbonnier
23 Apr 2020by Pius Hiwe
Welcoming a new YPARD Steering Committee member: Jorrit Kiewik
23 Apr 2020by Pius Hiwe
De l'eau, de l'agroécologie et de la jeunesse
08 Mar 2020by Wendel Georges
Del agua, la agroecología y la juventud
08 Mar 2020by Wendel Georges
Of water, agroecology and the youth
08 Mar 2020by Wendel Georges
- Jobs
Project management support - Specialist [youth]
Open until20 Feb 2020
Investing in rural youth in the Near East, North Africa, Europe and Central Asia
16 Jan 2020
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The rural youth situation in Latin America and the Caribbean
16 Jan 2020
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Investing in rural youth in the Asia and the Pacific region
16 Jan 2020
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Youth agrifood system employment in developing countries: a gender-differentiated spatial approach
16 Jan 2020
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Welcoming a new YPARD Steering Committee member: Marina Cherbonnier
08 Jan 2020by Pius Hiwe
YPARD interns on a mission: Youth in agroecology
06 Nov 2019by Pius Hiwe
Politics: What’s the young got to do with it?
31 Oct 2019by Gabriel yves Bader
- Jobs
YPARD communications and engagement expert
Open until29 Aug 2019
Welcoming the new YPARD Steering Committee Chair and Vice Chair
06 Aug 2019by Emmie Kio Wachira
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
2019 Rural Development Report. Creating opportunities for rural youth
27 Jul 2019
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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

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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.