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Welcome to 2020: Re-evaluate, renew and realign
13 Jan 2020by Yemi Adeyeye
Welcoming a new YPARD Steering Committee member: Marina Cherbonnier
08 Jan 2020by Pius Hiwe
Breaking through leadership: A practical perspective
31 Dec 2019by Kimberly Chen
Future of maize: Introduce hybrid varieties
27 Dec 2019by Dinesh Panday
Regional consultative meeting on biodiversity mainstreaming
25 Dec 2019by Aastha Bhusal
The school farm curriculum
09 Dec 2019by Wendel Georges
Introducing the school farm program
25 Nov 2019by Wendel Georges
Asian-African Youth Festival 2019: All for one goal
19 Nov 2019by Rubaya Nasrin
Food security: The role of youth
15 Nov 2019by Shah Khalid
Rethinking, reinventing and retooling the RNE (entry 2)
13 Nov 2019by Gabriel yves Bader
Rethinking, reinventing and retooling the RNE (entry 1)
13 Nov 2019by Gabriel yves Bader
Welcoming YPARD project intern: Wendel Georges
07 Nov 2019by Pius Hiwe
Welcoming YPARD project intern: Gabriel Yves Badr
06 Nov 2019by 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
A brewing crisis in Assam’s tea sector
29 Oct 2019by Parashram Jakappa Patil
Scoring GOALS: My journey in the fight against global hunger
26 Oct 2019by John Olabisi Agboola
YPARD and YEAN Rwanda Young Social Media Reporters at the 2019 APA Conference
26 Sep 2019by Etienne Niyigaba
YPARD Bangladesh shines at Nutrition Olympiad 2019
25 Sep 2019by Farjana Akhter Rumky
Leadership and organic agriculture
05 Sep 2019by Margarit Tigranyan
Welcoming the new YPARD Steering Committee Chair and Vice Chair
06 Aug 2019by Emmie Kio Wachira
15 latest developments in the revised YPARD Charter
06 Aug 2019by Emmie Kio Wachira
Creating opportunities for rural youth: The moment, the challenges and the future
05 Aug 2019by Emily Ongus
Our Annual Report for 2018 is out!
02 Aug 2019by Emmie Kio Wachira
Shining the YPARD light at the FAO conference Youth side event
01 Aug 2019by Emmie Kio Wachira
Leveraging global experiences for Africa’s agricultural development
31 Jul 2019by Yemi Adeyeye
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
Welcoming YPARD Brazil country representative: Marina Demaria Venâncio
30 Jul 2019by Stacy Hammond

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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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Search Or Browse Previous Blogs

Welcome to 2020: Re-evaluate, renew and realign

Welcoming a new YPARD Steering Committee member: Marina Cherbonnier

Breaking through leadership: A practical perspective

Future of maize: Introduce hybrid varieties

Regional consultative meeting on biodiversity mainstreaming

The school farm curriculum

Introducing the school farm program

Asian-African Youth Festival 2019: All for one goal

Food security: The role of youth

Rethinking, reinventing and retooling the RNE (entry 2)

Rethinking, reinventing and retooling the RNE (entry 1)

Welcoming YPARD project intern: Wendel Georges

Welcoming YPARD project intern: Gabriel Yves Badr

YPARD interns on a mission: Youth in agroecology

Politics: What’s the young got to do with it?

A brewing crisis in Assam’s tea sector

Scoring GOALS: My journey in the fight against global hunger

YPARD and YEAN Rwanda Young Social Media Reporters at the 2019 APA Conference

YPARD Bangladesh shines at Nutrition Olympiad 2019

Leadership and organic agriculture

Welcoming the new YPARD Steering Committee Chair and Vice Chair

15 latest developments in the revised YPARD Charter

Creating opportunities for rural youth: The moment, the challenges and the future

Our Annual Report for 2018 is out!

Shining the YPARD light at the FAO conference Youth side event

Leveraging global experiences for Africa’s agricultural development

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

Welcoming YPARD Brazil country representative: Marina Demaria Venâncio

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

Project management support - Specialist [youth]

African Academy of Sciences — Intra-Africa Research Collaboration

Minor Foundation for Major Challenges — Public Awareness on Climate Change

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