Recently, findings and evidence have shown that we may face another challenge that is not born because of conflicts and disputes as seen in the past century, but a challenge born out of the inability for a nation to successfully provide food for its citizens. Hunger is not based on seasonality and so, food production and food security should not be... More

Developing the agricultural landscape in Africa needs specialized skills in various areas such as Project Management, Commercial Crop Production, Seed Technology, Agricultural Equipment Maintenance Engineers, Plant and Animal Breeders, Lab Technologist and so many other expert fields. The gap between skilled and unskilled labour in the agricultural field, especially in Africa, calls for prompt response among organisations that have their vision... More

Do you know that an estimated 200 million people in sub-Saharan African (18% of the population) face serious water shortages all over the world? Do you also know that approximately 70% of the world’s poor live in rural areas with little option but to rely on rain-fed agriculture to sustain their livelihoods? The current challenge of meeting global food demand requires... More

NAIROBI — At a time when many people are compelled to move away from their home base for various pressing reasons, it’s comforting and even exciting to discover that it’s possible to restore the livelihoods of their communities and give them a compelling reason to return with pride to their homes. It’s so awesome to find out that the threats of... More

Several stakeholders have called for engagements of youth within the sector. However, the prevalent challenges outweigh the number of stakeholders calling reaching out to the youth. Despite the recognition of the importance of engaging youth within the agricultural sector and development community, a cohesive and deliberate approach has to be defined to augment the efforts still being fragmented. To properly capture... More

Sabi-Agrik Ltd and partners launched the first phase of a successful agribusiness partnership that supports rural women and farmer groups across Nigeria and Africa on a Farmer’s Voice Project. The Farmer’s Voice Project began in 2018 as a way of helping rural women groups, local communities and indigenous peoples’ institutions, among others to strengthen their technical and business capacities to fight... More

The recent FAO and ITC event “Regional workshop on the WTO (World Trade Organization) instruments in the interest of Agribusiness and on export promotion” invited a discussion on building inclusive value chains in light of small-holder producers. Participants at roundtable were FAO and ITC (International Trade Center) Staff, international consults and Ministry representatives from Post-soviet countries and Latin America, several NGOs... More

African agriculture remains one of the essential sectors for the development and emergence of Africa in general.  To exclude or not to put agriculture in primacy in the objectives of sustainable development is to set aside an agricultural population of nearly 530 million and 580 million by 2020 (NEPAD), knowing that women and young people constitute a significant part of this... More

Nepal, a small and beautiful mountainous country in the lap of Himalayas.  Characterized by its extreme topography, a sharp rise in altitude, diverse biodiversity and agriculture-based-economy, Nepal is highly vulnerable to climate change induced hazards.  Due to climate change, our serene environment is at risk, our biodiversity is at jeopardy, our agricultural system is becoming vulnerable and overall; our livelihood has... More

At present, employment for fresh graduates is hard especially finding a job and then we decided that we would create a job in the form of a business model. Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, is rapidly growing and has come at the expense of green space and vegetation, along with a rapidly rising cost of living, pollution and the proliferation of... More

Every human activity including agriculture should ensure no harm to mother nature.  Also, Campaigning for Conservation (C4C) was organized with the theme; "Farming for Bio-diversity" at hotel Gautam Buddha, Kapilvastu Nepal on 8th June 2018.It was a twelve days workshop which was jointly organized by National Disaster Risk Reduction Centre (NDRC), IFOAM ORGANIC INTERNATIONAL and  RARE with the support of Federal Ministry... More

In July I was part of a research in Ukraine, Sumy called "Agri-Cooperatives and Institutions for Rural Development". This research was part of Summer school 2018 organized by the project "Strengthening of capacity building in quality assurance and science at Sumy National Agrarian University (SNAU) and Sumy State University (SSU)" financed by Czech Development Agency.  The project is focused on increasing... More

We are delighted to welcome the new YPARD Switzerland representatives Caroline Otto and Marnie Pannatier. Caroline Otto grew up in the German part Switzerland near Zurich. She completed her MSc in plant molecular biology at ETH Zurich. During her bachelor, she spent an exchange semester in Melbourne, Australia at the University of Melbourne. Whereas the major subjects in her studies were... More

"A long time ago I did not see this dish" - many residents commented during the agrobiodiversity fair "Sabores y saberes andinos" to which, as representative of YPARD Perú, I was invited to be part of the jury of the gastronomic contest organized by a group of young people that are part of YPARD.  Let's learn a little more about the... More

On July 20th, 2018 we decided to carry out a new version of the YPARD Cafe that had been organized years ago.  Our main objective was to bring together young people who are interested in the topics we address such as rural and agricultural development so that they can connect and develop activities together; as well as for them to exchange... More

Hi, YPARDians from all over the world! With great pleasure, I am reporting from my desk at the Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry Program of Rural Action, a leading American nonprofit which successfully promotes holistic rural development in southeast and central eastern counties of Appalachian Ohio since 1991. Basically, my work here focusses on: Create a strategy to promote the Women Grow Ohio... More

CocoaLink is a smart application that was developed by Farmerline a Ghanaian social enterprise on a mission to leverage technology that would empower smallholder farmers to improve their productivity. The CocoaLink app was developed with the aim of encouraging youth to pursue agriculture as a profitable income generating venture. With content in the form of text, audio bits and videos, the Android-based... More

In early August 2018,  the biggest humanitarian foundation in Serbia “Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation” and I as the Serbian country representative for YPARD established cooperation. This partnership is in line with YPARD Serbia’s mission to improve young farmer’s position in the country.  Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation has recognized the meaning of young people in agriculture and in 2017 has... More

Meet Utpal Roy, a 21-year-old from Bangladesh, who started working in fish farming at the age of 18, out of interest developed from his family. He was discouraged after seeing his profits drop and gradually he lost interest in it.  “I knew the basics of aqua farming but still needed proper guidance in preparing low-cost feed, accessing markets and getting desired... More

"The first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind" - Norman Borlaug The world is fascinated by urbanization and modernization. Drastic civilization toward modern environment hinders youth in participating actively in agriculture despite the inherent potentials, especially in developing countries. This is a growing concern, what will be the future of farming and global food security without empowering... More