Dans le but de mettre en œuvre son plan d’action 2017, YPARD Togo a lancé un programme de volontariat. A terme, ce programme devrait permettre aux volontaires d’acquérir de l’expérience professionnelle et au mouvement de  YPARD Togo de pouvoir trouver les ressources humaines nécessaires pour l’exécution de ses activités. Lancé depuis mi-février avec la réception des dossiers de candidature, ce programme... More

YPARD RDC a organisé son premier "café YPARD", ce dimanche 02 avril 2017. Cette activé a permis de comprendre les objectifs de YPARD global et de se faire une bonne idée sur les activités de YPARD RDC. Le café YPARD est une activité de YPARD durant laquelle, ceux qui ne connaissent pas YPARD sont invités pour échanger, discuter et sont également... More

The Knowledge Portal of the F&BKP provides a user-friendly gateway to knowledge and innovations in the field of Food and Nutrition Security (FNS). Relevant knowledge items such as reports, briefs, toolkits and articles are published on a regular basis for six main topics, each consisting of several sub-topics. To automatically receive updates of the topics that interest you the most, you can now subscribe to... More

It was amazing to finally see so many stakeholders, our thriving and diverse agri-community all in one place, at the recently held TechAgriExpo2017. This event was long overdue as expressed by many of the student volunteers, visitors, business owners and entrepreneurs, who contributed to the event’s success which was held at the St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West... More

 “Networks are one of the key elements of partnerships”, said Dr. Linley Chiwona-Karltun, Research Associate  at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). She was introducing and moderating the afternoon session at the workshop in the AGRINATURA General Assembly meeting that took place on 27th April 2017 at SLU in Uppsala, Sweden. The workshop focused on the topic of mutual prosperity... More

 Can we? This is a question that has been on many minds and on April 21st 2017, at the eve of the World Earth Day, the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition Foundation (BCFN Foundation) in partnership with the Milan Center for Food Law & Policy organized a Twitter Chat to discuss about solutions, linked factors and actions that we can take to raise... More

 Do you believe that “we are stronger when we work together”? We, YPARD and IAAS, believe so. Cooperation is the key to moving forwards in encouraging youth engagement in agricultural development. With the aim at strengthening the long-established cooperation of Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) and the International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences (IAAS), on 4th April... More

Después del éxito de las primeras Jornadas de Investigación Agraria para el Desarrollo organizadas algunos años atrás, las segundas han tenido lugar en la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid entre el 22 y el 23 de marzo 2017, con el objetivo de reunir a los actores principales del sector, como pueden ser las ONG, universidades, agencias de cooperación, centros de investigación, etc,... More

  The MasterCard Foundation Young Africa Works Summit was a convening of giants and experienced agricultural practitioners in Africa and its sub-regions. It was a formal affair where requests were made, research findings were shared, contacts exchanged and long lasting relationships were forged. I was selected as a youth delegate and the 3 -day interactive conference will go down in my... More

My name is Emmanuel Fiifi Musah and I am a second-year Agribusiness student of the premier Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Ghana as well as a MasterCard Foundation Scholar. I come from the Central part of Ghana but throughout my life, I have lived in the Volta Northern part of Ghana where agriculture is predominantly the mainstay economic... More

The second edition of The MasterCard Foundation Young Africa Works Summit took place in Kigali, Rwanda and I was fortunate to be among the youth delegates selected to attend. The summit that brought close to 300 participants including 47 young people aimed at finding ways to achieve sustainable and meaningful livelihoods for the youth in the Agriculture sector by engaging the... More

As with all Summits and events, they come and go. But, The MasterCard Foundation Young Africa Works Summit (YAW 2017) was an exceptional one. We sat down with Pacifique Nshimiyimana, one of the youth delegates to get a feel of how the conference was in general and in particular the Young Africa Works Pre Summit workshop session run by YPARD. Enjoy... More

When I was selected to attend the Regional Symposium on ‘Integrating Gender & Nutrition in Ag Extension’, I had no idea it was about. I was thinking that it was going to be one of those types of events that I would have to join and only listen, but ultimately I was wrong! The entire event was full of Inspiration and... More

Would you believe me if I told you that prior to attendingThe MasterCard Foundation Young Africa Works Summit I never thought people could depend on agriculture and farming in general as a means of livelihood? Well, let me take you through that journey. My name is Valence Musanga and I’m currently on an internship at Digital Opportunity Trust –Kenya. Basically, we... More

Being both an environmentalist and an agronomist, I have always been fascinated by organic agriculture. Although the organic market in Russia is in its early stages, Russia seems to be an attractive location for the development of organic agriculture, since agriculture is not as intensive as it is in the rest of Europe. Moreover, there is a lot of fallow and... More

We are delighted to welcome a new steering committee member: Rahul Antao. Rahul is a  food and agricultural sciences graduate from the Università degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche and currently works as a consultant on Rural Youth for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on the organization’s youth desk. Following a natural curiosity in food and culinary arts, Rahul moved into understanding... More

My expectations are high after the Young Professionals in Agricultural Development (YPARD)’s meeting at the Young Africa Works Summit (YAW) 2017 in Kigali, Rwanda. I was  privileged to be among the youth selected to participate in the Young Africa Works Summit 2017  as a youth delegate. I got a chance to partake in a series of capacity building activities as we... More

Women constitute a large percentage of the workforce in the agricultural sector. The 2017 International Women’s Day has a global theme that showcases women’s ability to drive the needed change in the world and in their field of operations, particularly for women in agriculture. Research has shown that Africa is capable of feeding itself and ending hunger but there are challenges that limit these potentials.... More

Dear YPARD fellows, Today I would like to draw your attention to SEMA-project in which among others The Institute for Rural Development Research (IfLS) in Frankfurt together with my company - Hof und Leben in Germany - are involved. The SEMA project focuses on fostering Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Multifunctional Agriculture. The main aim of the SEMA project is to provide training and capacity building opportunities according... More

How would it be if two of the largest networks and associations of youth in agriculture, YPARD and IAAS, cooperate further on national levels? It is certainly a promising outcome for more proactive engagement of young professionals in agricultural development worldwide. With this vision in mind, the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) Europe is heading to the Exchange Coordinator Meeting... More