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North-South partnership in research and education for the transformation of food systems
02 Apr 2021
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Regional globalism
07 Jan 2021
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Strategies for transforming smallholder farming in Africa
21 Dec 2020
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YPARD 2019 annual report
19 Nov 2020
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SADC Futures Foresight training toolkit
22 Sep 2020
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WWF filming guide
01 May 2020
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YPARD Nepal webinar: Connecting youth to agriculture
28 Apr 2020
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Special issue on COVID-19 and youth
02 Apr 2020
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Regional Workshop Report: Youth-led agricultural entrepreneurship for sustainable rural and urban food systems in West Africa
05 Feb 2020
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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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Youth for World Food Day: Feeding the world by investing in the future
10 Oct 2019
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Young people in a changing world
02 Oct 2019
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YPARD Monthly Newsletter-August
07 Aug 2019
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YPARD 2018 annual report
06 Aug 2019
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Charter of YPARD | Revised and Updated July 2019
06 Aug 2019
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Agribusiness 4 change international conference report
30 Jul 2019
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2019 Rural Development Report. Creating opportunities for rural youth
27 Jul 2019
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Report on climate resilient agriculture workshop
04 Jul 2019
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Lineamientos de nominación de los Premios de Innovación Juvenil en Maíz 2019 - América Latina
02 Jul 2019
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Nomination Guidelines - Maize Youth Innovators Awards – Latin America
02 Jul 2019
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IFAD's 2019 rural development report
01 Jul 2019
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Youth-led sustainable agriculture for urban food systems in East Africa workshop report
18 Jun 2019
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Newsletter March to May
12 Jun 2019
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Proceedings of the international symposium on agricultural innovation for family farmers: Unlocking the potential of agricultural innovation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
08 Jun 2019
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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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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.