Agriculture remains the prime livelihood activity for a majority of people in rural India and as such is crucial for food security. While, it had remained a traditional activity in many part of the country except in few states, its contribution to GDP is declining and is now at 14%. Also, the number of farmers is declining with 90 lakhs lesser... More

We are delighted to welcome our very first YPARD Country representative for Turkey: Eren Taskin. Eren studied Agricultural engineering and Horticulture in Ege University of Izmir, Turkey. After his studies, he took a master on Organic Agriculture in CIHEAM Institute of Bari, Italy where he had the opportunity to learn a lot from experiences of many specialists who work on issues... More

Twenty young participants, sixteen countries represented; a swirl of passion, enthusiasm, dedication, drive, smartness and kindness all together - in brief: YPARD Europe very first face-to-face meeting. The goal of the YPARD Europe conference was to meet each other, to create synergies, to build stronger plans and refine concrete activities on national level, for each YPARD Country chapter, in the frame... More