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An inside look at first YPARD student research symposium

Last year, during the preparation of annual programs 2017, YPARD Nepal identified the need of youth’s capacity building activities to focus on recent graduates.  To address this issue, we organized an event - YPARD Student Research Symposium (shortly called and promoted as #YPARDSymposium) on November 8, 2017 at Hotel Shangri-La, Kathmandu, Nepal with the support of INGENEAS. #YPARDSymposium was designed to... More
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Welcoming the new YPARD Moldova representative: Cristina Conea

We are delighted to welcome the new YPARD Moldova representative Cristina Conea. Cristina is currently undertaking her MSc studies at Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences (FTZ) in Czech University of Life Sciences (CULS) in Prague, Czech Republic where she is focused on International Development and Agricultural Economics. Cristina is currently preparing her Master Thesis on “Assessment of factors influencing the improvement of... More
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Building the Next Generation of Agricultural Data Sharing

Delegates from eleven APEC member economies almost started from scratch as they ventured into a path that is presently unusual but practical in the field of agricultural sciences—data sharing. With the current commodified nature of imparting agricultural research results and data set at least in Asia and its neighboring nations, the intention of sharing ideas, data and other relevant resources in... More
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YPARD visionaries wanted for the 2018 Strategic Development Meeting

The YPARD Business Plan 2014- 2018 is coming to a close and we need to start a conversation about where we go from here. We have had some amazing successes and also continue to face some recurring challenges. The next strategic plan will cover the period 2018-2021 and will reflect a time of growth for YPARD. We need some visionaries to... More
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Welcoming the new YPARD Armenia representative: Anna Hovhannisyan

We are delighted to welcome the new YPARD Armenia representative Anna Hovhannisyan. Anna is an MSc graduate of the Agribusiness Teaching Center of Armenian National Agrarian University (ANAU). ATC is the collaborative effort of the ANAU, Texas A&M University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Marketing Assistance. Currently, she is working at the Center for Agribusiness and Rural Development (CARD) Foundation as... More
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Food for thought and networking at YPARD Netherlands meet and greet

As a Ph.D. student working on the topic of youth in agribusiness in Africa, I am ever eager to meet more professionals and passionate people moved by the same themes of my research. So on a rainy day in November I made it to KIT’s monumental building in East Amsterdam for the ‘Youth in agriculture meet & greet’, an event organized... More
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Sustainable Agriculture Training of Matigsalog Farmers in Palasungan

Palasungan is a community of Matigsalog Indigenous Peoples in Mindanao particularly in Bukidnon. Matigsalog leaders requested support in uplifting their lives through improving their farms. They have vast of ancestral land which could be develop to a productive land and in the future for the sustainability of their next generations. As response my team facilitated 3 days activity which includes workshop on their... More
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International Horticultural Congress (IHC) 2018

As Heraclitus once said ‘Change is the only constant in life’. The World is changing constantly and together with it challenges, population, problems, and solutions are also changing. Horticulture is no exception, it is under constant pressure from climate change, population growth and environmental issues. Questions such as: Would our current species survive the impact of changing climate and humans? Will... More
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A clearer pathway through mentorship

It started early this year with pre-summit webinars that I was connected to a dynamic network of young professionals in Agriculture from across Africa. Meeting YPARD staff and fellow YAW2017 delegates online was very exciting and I was fortunate to not have missed any webinar. From my point of view, it was that time that I got prepared for the summit and I... More
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My mentoring journey continues

“No man is capable of self-improvement if he sees no other model but himself” – Conrado I. Generoso. Until some months ago, I had always been content with the outcome of my efforts not because I had a heart of content. It was because I always looked within and had no standard to measure the outcome of my efforts. There was... More
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Packed lessons I brought from Herrsching seminar

Herrsching Seminar (28th International Leadership Workshop for Rural Youth)not only inspired me to be more open-minded about different cultures and personalities but also it made me learn valuable lessons about leadership and teamwork. The first lesson I learned about leadership is self-knowledge. When you truly know your interests, abilities, values, and needs; then you can build relationships with everyone. Since there... More
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Welcoming the YPARD Cambodia representative: Ratana Oeurn

We are delighted to welcome the incoming YPARD Cambodia national representative: Ratana Oeurn Ratana possesses a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration and a Master Degree in Rural Development and Project Management from the Build Bright University in Cambodia. Since 2012, Ratana has served as the Director of the Community-based Integrated Development Organization (CIDO), a Cambodian non-governmental organization based in Cambodia. Prior... More
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The agribusiness networking cocktail to promote YPARDian businesses

On the on 28th October, 2017, YPARD Ghana organized an Agribusiness Networking Cocktail event to facilitating networking opportunities and market for its members. To achieve this aim, the drinks, food and services for the event were sourced among YPARD member entrepreneurs. The event took place at the office of the African Agribusiness Incubation Network (AAIN) in Accra. The event was supported by the team at Trotro... More
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The YPARD Ghana working group’s planning session

YPARD Ghana seeks to accomplish its mission of creating a collective platform to enable young professionals in agriculture to realize their full potential and contribute towards innovative agricultural development. As part of efforts to accomplish this mission, the chapter has established its working group consisting thirteen (13) members comprising of the country representative, a programme coordinator, a communication focal person and... More
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Welcoming YPARD Philiphines Mentoring Program Coordinator: Maggie Guia M. Del Valle

We are delighted to welcome the incoming YPARD Philippines Mentoring Program Coordinator: Maggie Guia M. Del Valle Maggie is a food security researcher from the University of the Philippines Los Banos. For the last two years, she has been working on a project that helps rice-insufficient communities in the Philippines address local food security issues through the institutional adoption of the... More
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World Food Day 2017 SDG2: Zero Hunger Changing the future of migration, Invest in Food Security and rural Development Food Security; The place of Teenagers

The average farming age in Nigeria is between 61 and 65years and the average age is 24 years . Our visit to St Mulumba Catholic College in Ile-ife an ancienty city where most household have in recent times practiced farming of some sort, was set out to educate the teenagers on the dangers of not choosing careers in agriculture and the... More
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YPard Nigeria (Osun State) Cato Foods #WFD2017 SDG 2: ZeroHunger Changing the Future of migration, invest in food security and rural development

  If women had the same access to productivity as men they could increase yields in their fields by 20-30%. This alone would raise total agricultural output in developing countries (Nigeria included) by 2.5-4%, which would reduce the no of hungry people in the world by 12-17% or 100-150 million people. (FAO 2011) The statistics around food security, youth unemployment, post-harvest losses and rural development has... More
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The youth perspective - how can we improve the position of youth in agriculture?

Building on the positive outcomes from the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) and the International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences (IAAS) Tropentag 2016 session YPARD Europe and IAAS Bonn decided to make it a tradition by organizing a second interactive session at Tropentag 2017 in Bonn, Germany. The session focusing on the topic “Supporting youth in agriculture:... More
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Role modelling and vision setting

On behalf of the YPARD Malawi Chapter, we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to YPARD and the MasterCard Foundation for their financial and technical contributions towards our role modelling and vision setting event conducted at Mlomba Community day secondary school. Without their support the team wouldn’t have managed the event. Secondly, we also extend the warmest thanks to Bunda Female... More
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Apply to be part of the YPARD Philippines first mentoring program

Update 29 November 2017: Applications have now closed  Are you an agricultural student or young professional in the Philippines looking for growth and learning opportunities? Or are you expert in agriculture based in the Philippines who is looking for fresh partnerships and ideas? We have the perfect program for you! YPARD Philippines is holding its first Mentoring Program, which is aimed at helping... More
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