Scientific research

- Funding
Women for Africa Foundation -- Research Fellowships in Spain
Open until19 Jul 2016
- Funding
British Ecological Society -- Research Grants and Outreach Grants 2015
Open until26 Mar 2015
Open access means a bright future for scientific research
22 Aug 2012
Concours 2012-2013 "Femmes et Jeunes professionnels et sciences" en Afrique
25 Mar 2012
Africa-wide Young Professionals in Science Competition
25 Mar 2012
Access to Research for Development and Innovation (ARDI) Programme
29 Feb 2012
YPARD members at the Science Forum 2011, Beijing
14 Feb 2012by Nidhi Nagabhatla
'Re-inventing the wheel: Principles in Scientific Research'
14 Feb 2012by Raymond Erick Zvavanyange
- Call for participation
Paper: Integrating Youth in Climate Change Adaptation - COP17 IKS SideEvent
- Jobs
Post-doc vacancy: Research Fellow BioDIVA - Leibniz University Hannover
- Funding
International Foundation for Science [IFS] research grant application process re-opened!
Special session for Youth Scientists in BioD 2012 - Biodiversity Conference
26 Apr 2012in Qujiang International Conference Center, Xian, China
TCC Course - Scientific Communication and Publishing
04 Dec 2011 to 08 Dec 2011in University of Nairobi
Science Meets Media Workshop
20 Nov 2011 to 24 Nov 2011in Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture 2011
23 Oct 2011 to 25 Oct 2011in De Reehorst, Ede/Wageningen, The Netherlands
TCC Course - Graphical methods for data analysis and Scientific publishing
11 Oct 2011 to 13 Oct 2011in University of Nairobi, Chiromo Campus, Kenya

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.