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The BBC, November 28, published an article by Roland Buerk on the migration of Japanese youth from cities to the rural areas in search for a slower life.

In his article Buerk observes that athough the bright lights of Tokyo have been pulling people from the coutryside into the city for ages, some young Japanese have enough of the crowded, busy city lifestyle.

One of the young farmers explains: "When I was younger I went to Tokyo because I wanted a bright, vibrant life, but I like it better here - full of nature."

At the end of his article Buerk concludes "..young people are rediscovering the value of what was left behind."


Interested? Read the whole article here.


On his website My Green Piece of Mind, Ghanese blogger Kwesi Asiamah Acquah writes about "the Youth and Agriculture", October 31.

In his blog he focusses on recent programmes started up by African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries focussing to engage youth more in agriculture, and sketches the background motivations for this new approach.

Read here the first alinea of his blog:

"Recent efforts by the international development community have focused on getting the youth involved in nation building worldwide. It is therefore not surprising that the governments of the (...) ACP countries are drawing up programmes and calling on the youth to get involved in agriculture. In line with this, (...) ARDYIS has set up an initiative which aims at raising youth awareness and improving their capacity on agricultural and rural development issues in ACP countries using ICTs."


Interested to read more? Follow this link to his blog.
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The Groupe de Bruges, in collaboration with the AAB/Agroregionieuropa and SPERA developed a comprehensive e-learning course on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).


The EL-CAP project is based on the success of the Italian version of the course that was developed by the AAB.It is a quick way to learn about the history, present and future reform of the CAP in eight easy accessible modules. The course was made with contributions from leading European experts.

As of November 1st the first modules are available. Participation is free of charge.


Regarding the 3rd International Forum on Water&Food, Charlotte Lau blogs reflecting on the relevance of research for development.

Important for YPARD members is that she mentiones:

"A South African researcher implored the audience to reframe thinking of research as also a long-term investment in the young professionals engaged in it — people who represent the global future."

She concludes, quoting the debate moderator and South African journalist Colleen Dardagan: “We need to make research more sexy!”

Read the whole blog here.

 

On October 23, the Star Online published an article by Claudine Renaud called 'Youth can boost Farm Economy'.

In her article, Renaud states that the younger generation can be stimulated into taking on agricultural jobs, and underpins this with examples and numbers from sub-Saharan Africa.

Renaud starts her article as follows:

"Young people could be the key to boosting African agriculture, but they need inducements to stay in the countryside, participants told an International Labour Organisation (ILO) meeting recently. (...)


On October 18, This Day Live published the article 'FARA: Pushing for Real Devt through Agric Research'.

In this article the focus lies on Integrated Agricultural Research for Development (IAR4D), a model FARA uses in order to achieve a transformation in the publication purposes of researchers: from acceptance in the intellectual community, researchers should focus on actually liberating poor farmers from poverty.

The author looks at the idea of development through agriculture, using the IAR4D concepts. He draws from a FARA training in Maputo, Mozambique and a paper titled ‘Enhancing Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa through IAR4D and Competitive Grants Processes: Experiences and Lessons’ by Clesensio Tizikara and Freddie Kwesiga.