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Can mechanization drive youth into agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa? Join the online discussion
04 Apr 2019by Charles Plummer
Unveiling the participants of the young progressive farmers’ workshop
14 Mar 2019by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
- Jobs
GLF Youth Coordinator Consultant
Open until31 Mar 2019
Call for volunteers to translate YPARD information materials
12 Feb 2019by Emmie Kio Wachira
How can we support you better? YPARD 2019 Members' survey
05 Feb 2019by Emmie Kio Wachira
Call for application: Youth Shaping Sustainable Food Systems Workshop in Eastern Africa
03 Feb 2019by Zaake Paul
Webinar: Climate resilience and job prospects for young people in agriculture
07 Feb 2019
Join the FAO/YPARD youth interactive event
20 Nov 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
Towards meaningful youth participation in science-policy processes: a case study of the Youth in Landscapes Initiative
15 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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Save the date: Youth as drivers of innovation interactive event
12 Nov 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
"Making agriculture attractive for the African Youth" - An interview with the YPARD Director
10 Nov 2018by Thembani Malapela
Closing the Generation Gap, Investment and Youth
23 Oct 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
Agri-entrepreneur dances to his own rhythm in Ghana
22 Oct 2018
- Call for participation
WANTED: Young Visionaries to Tackle Land Corruption
Open until31 Oct 2018
Welcoming the new YPARD Director: Yemi Adeyeye
16 Oct 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
A brighter future: Youth engagement along agricultural value chains
05 Oct 2018by Majid Oshole-imodu Tokurah
YPARD Strategic Directions 2018 -2021
13 Aug 2018
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Young professionals shaping the future of Food Systems: YPARD Strategic Directions 2018 -2021
09 Aug 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
Nominations open for the 2018 Maize-Asia Youth Innovators Awards
30 Jul 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
Highlights of the 2nd YPARD Asia and Pacific conference
27 Jul 2018by Dinesh Panday
- Call for participation
Call for nominees for the 2018 Maize-Asia Youth Innovators Awards
Open until31 Aug 2018
ONGOING CONSULTATION: Youth Employment in Agriculture as a Solid Solution to ending Hunger and Poverty in Africa
22 Jul 2018 to 03 Aug 2018
Call for applications : Youth in Landscapes network intern
05 Jul 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
Call for applicants - YPARD France country representative
18 Jun 2018by Stacy Hammond
YPARD 2017 Annual Report is out!
04 Jun 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
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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Call for applicants - Country representative YPARD Switzerland
21 May 2018by Rahel Wyss
Farewell to Courtney Paisley
02 May 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira

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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.