Josine Macaspac was one of the six finalists of the GFAR and YPARD’s Youth Argripreneur Project, who returned to her home in the Philippines to start building the Mechanical Post-Harvest Pest Removal System (MPReS): a manually-operated, mechanical device that can be used by farmers to easily and effectively remove post-harvest and storage pests in stored rice, corn and other grains. As one of the... More

Jony Girma was one of the six finalists of the GFAR and YPARD’s Youth Argripreneur Project, who proposed a “Self-help Business Model in Harmony with Nature”, a plan to establish a demonstration site inside beekeepers’ villages in rural Ethipoia where beekeepers can receive training, share experience and put new technologies to the test before adopting them. By equiping beekeepers, especially youth, with the... More

In October 2015, key partners in the Mediterranean region met to ensure that rural communities in the region were not forgotten from development activities in the south and north of the Mediterranean.  Where are we at, one year later? How far has the Foundation of the South-North Mediterranean Dialogue come in generating rich dialogue as vector of peace and tolerance? What about... More

Kellyann Allicott was one of the six finalists of the GFAR and YPARD’s Youth Agripreneur Project, who returned to Barbados in April to carry out a project related to developing a line of natural skin care products using raw materials from naturally derived sources, such as organic produce (herbs, spices and fruit) purchase from local and regional farmers. As one of... More

Go to the people. Live with them. Learn from them. Love them. Start with what they know. Plan with them. Build with what they have. Teach by showing. Learn by doing. When the best leader’ work is done, the task accomplished, the people will say “we have done it ourselves.” Lao Tzu, founder of Tao philosophy, 700 B.C. Agricultural topics have... More

by YPARD's CFS43 social reporting team: Monika Varga, Melano Dadalauri, Anudari Enkhtor and Diego Valencia Have you ever felt extremely tired but happy at the same time? Could you relate to the feeling of not realizing that you are tired because you enjoyed the work so much?  That’s what we as four members of Young Professionals for Agriculture Development (YPARD) felt... More

Human civilization has evolved along with animals. Animals being an integral part of environment has become an integral part of humans and humanity. Human race depends upon animals for nutrition, security, recreation, transportation, drought work, clothing fibre, etc.  Nowadays, livestock rearing and husbandry practices have been greatly improved. Small farmers related to livestock farming are planning to go larger and possess... More

As agricultural mechanization gains daily popularity amongst Nigerian farmers and key agricultural stakeholders, what comes readily to mind at the instance of mechanized farming – as some prefer to call it – are tractors, plough, harrow, planters, automated feed conveyors/drinkers, automated feed millers to mention just a few. Crop production – one of the two components of agriculture in Nigeria –... More

It was a brand new saturday morning with a conducive atmosphere, pleasing environment and a perfect view to the sea. Our mindsets were ready to kick-off the day and it was amazing to observe all participants attending the second day of the RESCAR-AOC International workshop. The workshop was axed on the notions of climate change and agripreneurship to promote Rural Advisory Services... More

What happens when you take 150 people and ask them to design a session together? Some might say chaos, others might say equitable participation. At the Youth in Landscapes Initiative, we subscribe to the school of the latter – no matter how much trickier diversity may make processes, it is important. So when it came to running our fourth youth session at the Global... More

In early August this year, I was privileged to facilitate as a mentor in a virtual course of two-week period for 25 young and enthusiastic college graduates, researchers, entrepreneurs, veterinarians from Nepal and a couple of African countries. There were several reasons for me to choose the course- “Managing Livestock-based Community Development Projects”. For the fresh graduates of animal-agriculture or veterinary... More

We are delighted to welcome the new YPARD Romania Country representative Ramona Mihaela Ciubotaru. Ramona is a  graduate of  Bachelor degree in agriculture from the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" Iasi (Romania). She currently lives in Italy and is enrolled in her 2nd year of Master studies on Science Programme in Sustainable IPM Technologies for... More

The 5th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum has kicked off today in Colombo and its expected to bring together an estimated of 800 national delegates, 500 scientists, and over 1,00,000 public participants for the 3 day event which ends on October 20. This forum will, in its sessions, focus on a number of climate change adaptation issues which will cover a range... More

As a crux of world economy, agriculture feeds and clothes the whole planet. Though human civilization commenced with hunting and gathering, chasing and foraging couldn’t feed every mouth. People then started cultivating to make their food easily accessible. But overtime, traditional agriculture couldn’t meet rushing demand. Scarcity then gave rise to human innovations and the technological era commenced in agriculture. Tractors... More

China and the USA ratifying the Paris Agreement, nearly five months after it was opened for signature, has created quite a global buzz. More recently so, India too has joined this accord and this is indeed huge. So, now we have three of the world’s largest economies and GHG emitters finally agreeing on “Holding the increase in the global average temperature... More

In an agrarian country like Nepal, farmers’ access to proper knowledge and technology is an important criterion for sustainable food production. Today, Information Communication and Technologies (ICTs) are ruling the modern world. However, the use of ICTs in agricultural field in Nepal is still limited. Different efforts are being made by different private sectors and governmental bodies related to agricultural development.... More

Agriculture across Africa is considered as the largest employing sector, taking on over 70% of the overall workforce. The sector is highly dominated by the elderly, mainly women.And the youth, who constitute the biggest percentage of Africa’s population, have deserted the sector for purportedly “lucrative sectors”. Many youth consider agriculture as an activity for rural people or the illiterates and those... More

 A training workshop on ‘Web and Technical Learning Bootcamp’ was held at National Maize Research Program in Rampur, Chitwan from September 25-27. It was organized by US Embassy Youth Council in collaboration with Agri Youth Nepal(AYN), a group of enthusiastic students from Agriculture and Forestry University who are attempting to bring together three elements; youth, ICT and agriculture while at the... More

We hadn’t left the Milan Congress 2015 when the YPARD’s Mediterranean team - a group of 25 agriculturists from the South and the North Mediterranean- got together and said: “This was a very rich experience of South-North Mediterranean dialogues for rural development upon which we can reflect, and the discussions and outcomes really highlighted the key role of young people as... More

At the occasion of YPARD 10 years, Alessandra Giuliani one of the YPARD Co-founders, current Advisory Group Member and restless supporting member reflects on the growth of the network as well as on how YPARD inspired and influenced her continuing support to the youth throughout her career.. Only one month to go and YPARD officially turns ten after the official launch... More