It is always a challenge to be an invited delegate at an event and actively participate in the event because you feel the responsibility for learning the best practices, for representing your sending community, as well as for sharing something straightforward from your work with the hosting community.  The lessons learnt from this years' EFARD technical and business meeting showed me... More

This year, YPARDians are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the very special YPARD in different ways, all over the world.  YPARD Europe celebrated this special occasion on the 8-9th November, 2016 during the 3rd International Tropical Biodiversity Conservation Conference (TBCC) in Prague, Czech Republic. Celebrating this milestone anniversary with over 100 young agricultural researchers, activists and university students attending this event... More

On the 29th-30th of November 2016, researchers and non-researchers from Western, Central/Eastern Europe and Africa gathered together on occasion of the annual meeting of the European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD) held in Prague, Czech Republic.  The two days meeting was organized jointly by EFARD and Platform for African-European partnership on Agricultural Research for Development (PAEPARD) under the topic... More

We are delighted to welcome the new YPARD Turkey Country representative Seher Gümü?.  Seher is a graduate of the Hacettepe University, Ankara / Turkey with a bachelors degree in food engineering. During her studies, she worked as a research assistan at the food engineering department.Currently, she is a self-employed project writer and manager in central Turkey, where she works with small... More

By Hervé Bondonga and Lynn Mazianda "Better late than never", we say. On Tuesday, December 27, 2016 , thirty six YPARD DRC members from Kinshasa together with two guests, Mrs. Marie Phoba, president of the NGO SOS Family DRC, and Ms Aurore Ibovi, from Congo Brazzaville  met at 16th Street Limete, Plazza Village for an unforgettable moment of celebration of YPARD's 10... More

It is no longer in doubt that the theory of survival of the fittest exists not only in human existence but also in businesses, be it small or large.  Businesses need funding to survive but not everyone knows the necessary and the right procedures to follow in order to acquire the needed funding to start-up an enterprise. The word funding and... More

We are delighted to welcome the new cohort of remote YPARD Web4Knowledge interns: Lemien Sakalunga (DRC Congo) and former intern Husein Shahadu (Ghana) who renewed his term.  Lemien Sakalunga is an agricultural engineer specializing in agricultural economics with years of experience in blogging, web communication and social media. As a blogger, Lemien helps the Congo bloggers community by coordinating the Kinshasa... More

As more and more  organizations begin to explore how they can more strongly engage youth in their work, members of YPARD are continuously being approached to provide their experiences and insights to inform discussions and decision-making.  Such was the case of researchers from CIMMYT who are exploring how they can best understand and provide the research to address issues related to... More

Every year, we strive to improve our support to YPARD members.  We need YOU to tell us what you want more of and what you want less of. YPARD is your network; get the most out of it! Help us assess our services and the value you see in YPARD as a network. We will look at what activities are considered most valuable... More

By Marina Cherbonnier, YPARD communications and knowledge manager At YPARD, we believe in structures than renew themselves and evolve. And indeed, as the new year starts, 2017 marks changes in the YPARD Global communications team as I will be leaving. Emmie Kio Wachira is taking up the YPARD Communications management while Stacy Hammond is becoming the youth-leader communications officer. As the current... More

When you’re part of an international platform as vast as YPARD, it is seldom that you get the opportunity to visit the city, where YPARD was officially launched. Such was the privilege given to me to go to New Delhi and speak on behalf of the YPARD Asia Pacific Regional Executive Committee at the Fourth International Agronomy Congress, where a Special... More

By Courtney Paisley and Marina Cherbonnier Happy new year to our restless community and its supporters! We take the opportunity to look back at YPARD’s key achievements for 2016. A big thank you to all of you who made these possible. These are great and they are the hallmark of a truly engaged and dynamic network.  Our 11 achievements for 2016... More

The fourth Global Landscape Forum (GLF) held alongside the UNFCC Conference of the Parties (COP) brought together more than 5 500 people from 95 countries ,in person and online, to build solutions to climate change challenges through sustainable land use.As usual, youth had an active and meaningful participation in the forum.  This year’s, Youth in Landscapes Initiative (YIL) boosted soft skills... More

They travelled from different parts of the world to come tell their story at the International Fund For Agricultural Development (IFAD)’s headquarter. Josine, Alpha, Nawsheen and Rahul, are four passionate young agriculturists. Yet, their projects are completely different from each other. Meet these role models through a snapshot of their inspiring AgTalks: The bug guy Josine, is a YAPper : a... More

The youth in landscapes initiative organized its fourth annual program at the 2016 Global Landscapes Forum (November 16th), held in Marrakesh, Morocco, at the sideline of the COP22. The youth program’s specific objectives this year were to support a multidisciplinary and geographically diverse youth presence at the 2016 GLF, including a strong Northern Africa and Middle-East contribution. We particularly increased recognition... More

Eight universities from Brazil, Ghana, Morocco, Thailand, Norway, USA, Italy and Belgium took part in the Student Interactive Session during the International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition. This was held at the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)’s Headquarters, in November 2016. The students expressed their concern with the current food systems, particularly impacted by... More

"When you've worked hard, and done well, and walked through that doorway of opportunity, you do not slam it shut behind you. You reach back, and you give other folks the same chances that helped you succeed." This is not my quote rather one by Michelle Obama. But its also one that aptly describes Madan Poudel a YPARD member from Nepal. He... More

Agriculture and food production are highly dependent on climatic conditions and a host of ecosystem services, without which it will be impossible to feed the growing population of the world.  This recognition of the inter-dependent relationship between agriculture and climate – and some of its key drivers/effects such as loss of biodiversity and land degradation among others – is one of... More

The Global Landscape Forum (GLF) 2016, an interactive platform to discuss the role of agriculture, forestry and other land uses in climate change and development, was organized on 16th November, 2016 as a side event of COP22 at Kenzi Club Agdal Medina, Marakesh, Morocco. It was my privilege to be a part of the forum as a social media reporter and... More

Imagine this scenario: What would the theory and practice of agriculture be like without any new ideas?  And what is an idea?  I don’t know. I am fixed on finding the answer.         An idea is “something” which enters the human’s conscious and subconscious mind and later gets worked on  through several complicated processes, to become what can... More