I am sure you have all heard that famous fish quote probably hundreds of times “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”.  Ok, but what happens if the proverbial man loses his fishing pole or the fish somehow run out of that river? What... More

Last January we conceived and put in place an on-site mentoring program along with the Living Territories conference. Let us share with you what we learned from this experience: We are YPARD Serbia and YPARD France representatives, both of us are based in Montpellier so it is easy for us to work together to put in place common YPARD activities. Last... More

Nourishing, vibrant, and served without pretension, here is our own recipe for preparing a very nice mentoring program. Because we’ve discovered that leading a mentoring program is like being a chef. It is like cooking. You first make sure that you have a good kitchen available: we had the Living territories conference that was a perfect framework. Then you check you... More

On Thursday 23rd of March, 2017 I went to the presentation of the Nature Outlook Report where I was one of the panelists of the debate session. The objective of my presentation was to give my inputs on the question: How can nature be relevant for a sustainable future of agriculture? A big question, isn’t it? I am a Scientific Project... More

A question asked to primary school children? No, indeed this was something I asked myself when attending a conference “Agricultural Higher Education in the 21st Century.” Deans and professors of international universities were from 15-17 June, 2015 in Zaragoza, Spain to discuss about how to renew agricultural higher education in order to prepare efficient professionals that will face the challenging future... More

Are you ready to face - and be successful when - submerging yourself in the professional job market? Do you know what your potential employers expect from you? Can you identify your major assets to boost your employability? If you want to find answers, go to the source! Agrinatura and YPARD are joining efforts in organizing a Career Fair that will... More

When I saw the title of the conference, “Agriculture growth, jobs, food security and climate: Taking action in response to IPCC[1]” I thought: “We have a key role there!” Young people are a key element to foster change and innovation, they’ll be future actors in the new landscape that’s being designed now; their voices must be taken into account. This conference... More