Sustainable agriculture

Young Entrepreneurs see business opportunity in rural Africa's degraded lands
25 Jun 2019
Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Standard auditor training
10 Jun 2019 to 14 Jun 2019in Smart Hotels
The young progressive farmers visit TAABU
29 Mar 2019by Denis Okwir
East African regional workshop on youth-led sustainable agriculture and urban food systems
26 Mar 2019by Zaake Paul
From Andes to Appalachian: YPARD represented at Community Solutions Program 2018
04 Sep 2018by Natalia Lozano broncales
- Funding
Earthwatch — In Search of Project Leaders for Field-Based Research 2019
Open until10 Jun 2018
- Funding
Fully funded scholarship for sustainable agriculture
Open until30 Jun 2018
- Call for participation
FTA - Postdoctoral position on food security and sustainable agriculture
Open until31 Mar 2018
- Funding
Fondation Ensemble — Sustainable Development and Conservation 2018
Open until28 Feb 2018
Connecting ICT solutions with sustainable agriculture in Serbia
28 May 2017
International youth symposium on creative agriculture (IYSCA) 2017
29 Sep 2017 to 01 Oct 2017in Bogor Agricultural University
- Funding
European Commission — LEAP-Agri Food and Agriculture in Africa
Open until14 Jun 2017
- Call for participation
B.creative challenge 2017
Open until27 Apr 2017
- Jobs
Nominations and applications for the role of Chairperson of GFAR
Open until04 May 2017
- Call for participation
Mediterranean agronomic institute of Bari master program
Open until30 May 2017
- Call for participation
Volunteer on organic farms at WWOOF
Agricultural mentoring program in the SEMA project
03 Apr 2017by Johannes Dreer
Do you wear multiple hats? Choose the youth!
31 Mar 2017by Myriam Pérez
Workshop scholarships - the Right livelihood college
Open until14 Apr 2017
Thinking aloud: How could I forget the smallholder farmer?
08 Mar 2017by Patrick Sakyi
- Call for participation
Organic farming innovation award 2017
Open until30 Mar 2017
January 2017 f@rmletter - Enhancing linkages between tourism and the sustainable agriculture
26 Jan 2017
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Innovation for sustainable agriculture conference, USA
21 Mar 2017 to 22 Mar 2017in Pew Conference Center
New Report Ranks Countries on Food Waste, Nutrition, and Sustainable Agriculture
09 Dec 2016
Agro Mindset wins Best District Poultry Farm
25 Nov 2016
- Call for participation
Call for Granting, Coaching & Training: Sustainable Agriculture in the Western Balkans
Open until09 Oct 2016
- Funding
Royal Agricultural College — Land and Food Fellowships for Africans 2017
Open until14 Jan 2017
- Funding
African Union Research Grants II Open Call for Proposals , 2016 Edition
Open until16 Aug 2016
- Funding
Cargill -- Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Stewardship
- Funding
European Commission (EC) -- Europe-Africa Collaboration in Food Security and Agriculture
Open until28 Apr 2016

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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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Sustainable agriculture

Young Entrepreneurs see business opportunity in rural Africa's degraded lands

Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Standard auditor training

The young progressive farmers visit TAABU

East African regional workshop on youth-led sustainable agriculture and urban food systems

From Andes to Appalachian: YPARD represented at Community Solutions Program 2018

Earthwatch — In Search of Project Leaders for Field-Based Research 2019

Fully funded scholarship for sustainable agriculture

FTA - Postdoctoral position on food security and sustainable agriculture

Fondation Ensemble — Sustainable Development and Conservation 2018

Connecting ICT solutions with sustainable agriculture in Serbia

International youth symposium on creative agriculture (IYSCA) 2017

European Commission — LEAP-Agri Food and Agriculture in Africa

B.creative challenge 2017

Nominations and applications for the role of Chairperson of GFAR

Mediterranean agronomic institute of Bari master program

Volunteer on organic farms at WWOOF

Agricultural mentoring program in the SEMA project

Do you wear multiple hats? Choose the youth!

Workshop scholarships - the Right livelihood college

Thinking aloud: How could I forget the smallholder farmer?

Organic farming innovation award 2017

January 2017 f@rmletter - Enhancing linkages between tourism and the sustainable agriculture

Innovation for sustainable agriculture conference, USA

New Report Ranks Countries on Food Waste, Nutrition, and Sustainable Agriculture

Agro Mindset wins Best District Poultry Farm

Call for Granting, Coaching & Training: Sustainable Agriculture in the Western Balkans

Royal Agricultural College — Land and Food Fellowships for Africans 2017

African Union Research Grants II Open Call for Proposals , 2016 Edition

Cargill -- Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Stewardship

European Commission (EC) -- Europe-Africa Collaboration in Food Security and Agriculture

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

Minor Foundation for Major Challenges — Public Awareness on Climate Change

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund — Grants in Support of Endangered and Critically Endangered Species 2020

100,000 Strong in the Americas — Higher Education for Agricultural Sustainability in Mexico

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