Youth in Agriculture

Covid-19: A gamechanger in attracting youth to agribusiness
07 Jul 2020by John Olabisi Agboola
- Call for participation
Call for applicants - YPARD Spain country representative
Open until31 May 2020
Call for applicants - YPARD Austria country representative
04 Feb 2020by Stacy Hammond
Who speaks for "youth in cocoa" in Ghana?
15 Sep 2019by Kafui Kwesi Agbe
Sustaining the paradigm shift
15 Sep 2019by Eric Terver Nyikwagh
Hildegarde Dukunde brings innovative solution to safeguard maize storage
20 Jun 2019
YPARD Serbia- Becoming a source of information for young Serbian farmers!
29 Apr 2019by Julijana El omari
Welcoming YPARD Gambia representative: Haddy Ceesay
11 Feb 2019by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
Appel à candidatures : Représentant de pays YPARD Bénin
05 Feb 2019by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
- Call for participation
Appel à soumissions: Concours de rédactions
Open until16 Dec 2018
- Call for participation
Call for submissions: FARA essay competition
Open until16 Dec 2018
Call for applicants - YPARD Austria country representative
05 Dec 2018by Stacy Hammond
Appel à candidatures : Représentant de pays YPARD Togo
22 Oct 2018by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
YPARD Serbia goes viral!
09 Jul 2018by Julijana El omari
- Jobs
YPARD Kenya: Call for Country Representative
Open until01 Jul 2018
The untold YPARDian stories; Ag innovation showcase
21 Jun 2018by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
- Call for participation
Agrostrides 30 under 30 (Africa) Nominations
Open until30 Jul 2018
Welcoming YPARD South Africa Representative: Tshiamo Dichabe
31 May 2018by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
YPARD launched in North-West Nigeria
07 May 2018by Ayodeji Rauf
Tapping into agricultural opportunities
01 May 2018by Miriam Oghenekevwe
Pension scheme for cocoa farmers to ensure sustainable cocoa production
11 Apr 2018by Sylvester Kwame Osei
Policy Seminar: To Feed the World, Youth in Agriculture Required
13 Mar 2018
YPARD Netherlands: Agri-food nerds get-together
21 Feb 2018in The Spot - For students, by students, Wageningen
Sustainable Agriculture Training program for youth in Tanzania
08 Dec 2017by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
On giants’ shoulders- Empowered through YAWS
30 Nov 2017by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
My mentoring journey continues
21 Nov 2017by Cosmos Edem Kemavor
Soil Scanner attracts youth to agriculture
16 Nov 2017
YPARD Netherlands: youth in agriculture meet&greet
30 Oct 2017by Ingrid Flink
Youth in agriculture: Cambodian youth discuss knowledge and barriers
29 Oct 2017
Time to rise
28 Oct 2017

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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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Youth in Agriculture

Covid-19: A gamechanger in attracting youth to agribusiness

Call for applicants - YPARD Spain country representative

Call for applicants - YPARD Austria country representative

Who speaks for "youth in cocoa" in Ghana?

Sustaining the paradigm shift

Hildegarde Dukunde brings innovative solution to safeguard maize storage

YPARD Serbia- Becoming a source of information for young Serbian farmers!

Welcoming YPARD Gambia representative: Haddy Ceesay

Appel à candidatures : Représentant de pays YPARD Bénin

Appel à soumissions: Concours de rédactions

Call for submissions: FARA essay competition

Call for applicants - YPARD Austria country representative

Appel à candidatures : Représentant de pays YPARD Togo

YPARD Serbia goes viral!

YPARD Kenya: Call for Country Representative

The untold YPARDian stories; Ag innovation showcase

Agrostrides 30 under 30 (Africa) Nominations

Welcoming YPARD South Africa Representative: Tshiamo Dichabe

YPARD launched in North-West Nigeria

Tapping into agricultural opportunities

Pension scheme for cocoa farmers to ensure sustainable cocoa production

Policy Seminar: To Feed the World, Youth in Agriculture Required

YPARD Netherlands: Agri-food nerds get-together

Sustainable Agriculture Training program for youth in Tanzania

On giants’ shoulders- Empowered through YAWS

My mentoring journey continues

Soil Scanner attracts youth to agriculture

YPARD Netherlands: youth in agriculture meet&greet

Youth in agriculture: Cambodian youth discuss knowledge and barriers

Time to rise

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ICSD 2021 : 9th International Conference on Sustainable Development, 8 - 9 September Rome, Italy

XV World Forestry Congress

YPARD Global – Network Engagement Coordinator (Full-time position)

National Geographic Society — Early-Career Grant

National Geographic Society — Equity and the Natural World

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