Young professionals

EdenWorld TweetChat with the YPARD Director
20 May 2020by Yemi Adeyeye
Call for applicants - YPARD Germany country representative
05 Dec 2018by Stacy Hammond
- Call for participation
Ideas for action competition 2018
Open until28 Feb 2018
Food for thought and networking at YPARD Netherlands meet and greet
05 Dec 2017by Maya Turolla
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Now open! Become part of an international project in India
Open until31 Oct 2017
Join us at Tropentag 2017! YPARD – IAAS workshop on improving the position of youth in agriculture
07 Sep 2017by Stacy Hammond
- Call for participation
The World Bank young professionals program 2018
Open until27 Jul 2017
- Call for participation
Collective global accelerator 2017
Open until29 Apr 2017
- Call for participation
Italian government scholarships 2017/2018
Open until09 May 2017
- Call for participation
Young sustainable impact program
Open until04 Mar 2017
Ideas for action competition 2017
Open until27 Feb 2017
- Call for participation
European solidarity corps
Young leaders programme 2017 - Brussels
07 Jun 2017 to 08 Jun 2017in Brussels
Young leaders programme 2017 - Brussels
07 Jun 2017 to 08 Jun 2017in Brussels
XV EAAE Congress - Towards sustainable agri-food systems: balancing between markets and society
28 Aug 2017 to 31 Aug 2017in Parma
9 ways to engage youth in agriculture
27 Jan 2017
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Traineeship at European committee of the regions
Open until30 Mar 2017
5 Jobs You Can Obtain With a Degree in Agriculture
10 Nov 2016
Student Leadership and Transformative Changes to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century
02 Nov 2016by Stacy Hammond
Internship Programme at Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN
25 pieces of advice for 25-year old farmers
01 Sep 2016
- Jobs
Vacancy: Junior Professional Officer, IFSA / IUFRO Joint Position
Open until26 Sep 2015
Global discussions on agricultural curricula: Where are Africa and South East Asia?
02 Jul 2015by Myriam Pérez
Building capacities for agricultural challenges of the 21st century
29 Jun 2015
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Examples of YPs at work: SFIAR Award Ceremony 2014
11 Mar 2015by Johanna Madeleine Gysin
Life stories of African women and young professionals in science
12 Jan 2015
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- Call for participation
International Foundation for Science - Call for applications
Open until30 Dec 2014
- Funding
U.S. Agency for International Development - Young Professionals in African Agricultural Development
Open until04 Sep 2014
Public Sector: The right working environment for Young Agriculturists?
23 Jul 2014by Badri Khanal
Youth and innovation: What the ICT4D field needs
21 Aug 2013by Andrea Jimenez

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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.