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Motivating and Attracting Youth in Agriculture (MAYA): Proceedings and recommendations
12 Apr 2019
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DEADLINE TODAY: YPARD Members' Survey 2019
15 Mar 2019
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YPARD Monthly Newsletter - February
14 Mar 2019
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Gendered aspirations and occupations among rural youth, in agriculture and beyond: A cross-regional perspective
06 Mar 2019
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Farming for Biodiversity - Proven solutions meet global policy
04 Mar 2019
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YPARD Monthly Newsletter - January
11 Feb 2019
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Mentoring toolkit - Executive summary
26 Nov 2018
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YPARD Cafe: Climate-smart agriculture in Nepal
23 Nov 2018
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YPARD Monthly Newsletter - October
18 Nov 2018
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Price impact on agriculture production and nutrition
16 Nov 2018
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Towards meaningful youth participation in science-policy processes: a case study of the Youth in Landscapes Initiative
15 Nov 2018
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Youth employment in agriculture as a solid solution to ending hunger and poverty in Africa
13 Nov 2018
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Empowering youth to engage in responsible investment in agriculture and food systems: Guidance for organizers and facilitators of the rapid capacity assessment tool
12 Nov 2018
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Empowering youth to engage in responsible investment in agriculture and food systems: Rapid capacity assessment tool
12 Nov 2018
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Coordinating a mentoring program: a toolkit for agriculture, forestry, landscapes and other sectors
08 Nov 2018
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Research for AGRI committee - young farmers - policy implementation after the 2013 CAP reform
05 Nov 2018
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YPARD Monthly Newsletter - August/September
08 Oct 2018
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YPARD Monthly Newsletter - July
14 Aug 2018
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YPARD Strategic Directions 2018 -2021
13 Aug 2018
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YPARD Monthly Newsletter - June
05 Jul 2018
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Free online e-learning: Designing sustainable food systems
27 Jun 2018
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Young people and family farming
26 Jun 2018
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YPARD Monthly Newsletter - May
08 Jun 2018
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YPARD 2017 annual report
04 Jun 2018
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Young people in a changing world: Youth and Rural Advisory Services
03 Jun 2018
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YPARD Monthly Newsletter - April
04 May 2018
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YPARD Monthly Newsletter - March
06 Apr 2018
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Youth in RAS webinar presentation: Natalia Ernst
03 Apr 2018
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Youth in RAS webinar presentation: Alpha Sennon
03 Apr 2018
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Donor and Partner Event Report for GLF 2017
19 Mar 2018
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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.