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We will never again be as young as we are today!

To change the way we produce, trade and deliver food is possible (and above all necessary). Bold ideas, a motivated heart and a decided team are needed to achieve this. Youth! A sum of factors that appear more frequently in a certain period of life. Our energy, creativity, determination and resilience make us the age group with the greatest potential to... More
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Welcoming a new YPARD Steering Committee member: Zhai Lin

We are delighted to welcome the incoming YPARD steering committee member:  Zhai Lin. Ms. Lin is a graduate of Bachelor of English Language and Literature degree in China and Master of European Law from the University of Leeds, UK. With full enthusiasm on international cooperation, in 2004,  Lin joined Department of International Cooperation of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and served... More
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Honey-queen 2016 – ambassador of Hungarian honey

If you perform a quick list of your recently consumed meals, then honey might appear on the list.  Honey consumption was evident in the past, unfortunately, we have forgotten about this simple but great source of nutrients. In line with this fact, in some local and national beekeeping associations, it is a common habit to select a Honey-Queen to introduce the various useful... More
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I am inspired by diversity!

Life is not the same after 28th International Leadership Workshop for Rural Youth! We (Anna from YPARD Armenia, Hana from YPARD Kosovo and myself Seher Gumus from YPARD Turkey) attended the “28th International Leadership Workshop for Rural Youth” on the 9-22nd August 2017 in Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany thanks to the financial support of YPARD Europe. The workshop is for leaders... More
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Call for Application: YPARD Nepal On-site Mentorship Program

‘Student-Farmer Interaction Program’ is a Mobile Approach for On-site Mentorship led by YPARD Nepal in collaboration and coordination with farmers’ groups and local partners. The program aims to provide farmers with technical and/ or advisory information on production and management techniques, and at the same time to facilitate two-way learning between agri-students and farmers. YPARD Nepal in collaboration with District Agriculture... More
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The youth’s potential for socio-economic transformation

“We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future”. This is a famous quote by the former president of the United States of America, Franklin D. Roosevelt. It’s a reflection of what youth can do to nations when well empowered to be agents of positive change. It is by far no doubt... More
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Youth led agricultural transformation

I believe the youth will drive agricultural transformation in Africa. This belief stems from my knowledge, skills and experience on a day to day basis of interacting with students. Kindly permit me to introduce myself before I share my thoughts. My name is Mukiibi Shaban and I work with a civil society organization attached to a school farm where I discharge... More
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Improving the potatoes and banana value chains

As one of the outcome of the 2017 Young African Works Summit, there was creation of groups of peers from the same country to participate in a long-term cluster coaching sessions together. The YAW2017 Rwanda cluster led by Pacifique Nshimiyimana the founder of Real Green Gold and Clarisse Murekatete co-founder of Carl Group initiated the Farming & Agri-food Systems Connekt. The... More
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Join YPARD’s webinar on strategies to grow your agricultural businesses

When: Saturday August 26th 2017 – at 15:00 Rome time (Use this tool helps you convert “Rome time” to your timezone) Duration: 90 minutes Young people around the world have innovative ideas for sustainable agricultural development but often struggle to access resources – lacking collateral, capital and connections. Our speakers who are currently involved in the Young Africa Works mentoring program ( a product of the... More
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The future of ICT in the agri-food sector my EFITA conference experience

  European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment (EFITA) is the European conference dedicated to the future use of ICT in the agri-food sector, bioresource and biomass sector, the conference issupported by the collaboration of the World Congress on Computers in Agriculture (WCCA). The first EFITA was held in 1997, and the recent one held on July... More
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Supporting youth to be the masters of their own destiny

Cluster Coaching is a follow on activity from the Young Africa Works Summit supported by the MasterCard Foundation. At YPARD, we strongly believe that empowering young people is best achieved by supporting youth to be the masters of their own destiny. Our members have so many fantastic ideas but face many struggles in implementing them due to lack of financial and... More
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Agenda 2030: The role of youth in peace, security and sustainability

Let me start by wishing all of you a very happy ‘International Youth Day’. On 17 December 1999, the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the recommendation made by the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth (Lisbon, 8-12 August 1998) to declare ‘August 12’ as the International Youth Day (to know more about the history read UN resolution 54/120). This initiative... More
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Be active – build your future!

Everything started through a regular e-mail, which sent to my YPARD Russia group, where I’ve asked the participants whether they have some ideas or wishes to perform some actions together. I got a reply from Katy Bessonova (Project manager at SIANI and YPARD Russia group member) who introduced me to the world of SIANI – Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative. After... More
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Welcome to an upgraded YPARD website

If you have visited the YPARD website this week, you will notice a new look to the site.If you haven't, I am referring to the look above. The reason for this new look is an upgrade of the YPARD website content management system from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7. Despite being solely a website upgrade, we have done some few adjustments on the site to... More
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Call for applications: Mentoring coordinator - Philippines

*UPDATE: Application deadline extended to 25 August!*Want to do Work That Matters?YPARD is the largest and most diverse network of young people in agricultural sectors.  From farmers to scientists to entrepreneurs, our members connect across disciplines, countries and regions. These youth are the future of agriculture. Our mission is to serve as a global collective platform through which young professionals can realise their... More
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Welcoming the new YPARD Sweden representative: Sunil Abeyasekera

We are delighted to welcome the new YPARD Sweden representative Sunil Abeyasekera Sunil is currently undertaking MSc. Studies in Rural Development and Natural Resource Management at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden. His research interests focus on the relationship between food security and climate change, and its effect on local livelihoods. He is also interested in the geopolitics of waters,... More
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Cameroun : Olivier Mapouré, un jeune ingénieur paysan

Il est l’une des jeunes pousses de l’agriculture camerounaise. Installé à Essong-Mitsang, à 20 km au nord de Yaoundé, Olivier Mapouré conduit des mains de maître sa ferme agropastorale intégrée. Péage de Nkometou dans le département de la Lékié, on a une dizaine de minutes sur 4km de route carrossable en voiture ou à moto, et voilà la ferme agropastorale intégrée:... More
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YPARD Nigeria Café: The role of extension and advisory services

Sailing through the algorithm of creating a revolutionary change in the agricultural sector requires all hands on deck. The itinerary behind getting all hands-on deck to ensure a formidable transformation requires young professionals being the key target audience under the broad umbrella of Agriculture. The scenario is a difficult one but having in place, a well-crafted and functional structure with proper... More
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The challenge of climate change: Youth to the rescue

From the 26th to 29th of June 2017, Uganda hosted the Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) Youth Conference under the theme “Enhancing the ability of youth to build ecosystem resilience”. The conference was centered on areas of climate action and youth involvement in the agriculture sector. Dr. Revocatus Twinomuhangi the coordinator of Makerere University Center for Climate Research and Innovation (MUCCRI), opened the... More
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The youth: creators of our future

On the sunny morning of Monday 27th March 2017, I joined thirty three other young people from Sub-Saharan Africa at the City Hotel Bonn-Meckenheim, Germany to officially start the ‘kick-off workshop’ in the run-up to the international conference- “The Future of the Rural World” in Berlin. It was an opportunity availed to me through the Young Professionals in Agricultural Development (YPARD)-... More
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