Before coming to Bishkek I was thinking that Facebook was the most useful tool in social media to attract youth in agriculture.  However, during the Social Media training under the coaching of Peter Casier I discovered that with Twitter, Linkedin, Youtube, Blogposts etc. I can be more effective. But why and how? BBC has identified that most of the “likes” on... More

On February the 5th, Halima Mammadova, a very active member of YPARD-Azerbaijan, organized a seminar at the Ministry of Agriculture-Azerbaijan Research Institute of Crop Husbandry (ASRCH). The activity was mainly organized for the members of the Young Scientist Association (YSA) as well as for the young representatives of several agricultural institutes. For instance, the Azerbaijan Scientific Research Institute of Vegetable; Azerbaijan... More

In the beginning of June, I went to Azerbaijan on a 3-day trip in which my main goal was to promote YPARD among students as well as to do some networking for future possible collaborations. The first day, I met the rector of Azerbaijan State Agricultural University, Prof. Ibrahim Jafarov. After having introduced myself as YPARD Azerbaijan representative, I provided him... More