Humans naturally crave for economy, productivity and environment. Can organic really satisfy these human wants? A colloquial query that has emerged since the organic farming originated in early 20th century.        Changes usually spring out of a havoc. The hydra of famines during 1960s led to the emergence of the concept of green revolution that escalated the use... More

Agriculture remains the prime livelihood activity for a majority of people in rural India and as such is crucial for food security. While, it had remained a traditional activity in many part of the country except in few states, its contribution to GDP is declining and is now at 14%. Also, the number of farmers is declining with 90 lakhs lesser... More

In the past few years, YPARD has worked on a series of activities to better prepare young people for the job market. A 2011 research study examined the skills needed by today’s youth in agriculture and a career fair examined youth’s “employability” at Tropentag in Prague in 2014. Partnerships with university consortia like GCHERA, RUFORUM and Agrinatura, also invited young professionals... More

Empowering youth in agriculture comes with building a team of professionals who collectively think and advocate for the sustainable future of agriculture. 2016 marks  the 10years of impactful existence of Young Professional for Agricultural Development (YPARD) across the globe. Placing young people at the center of decision making and policy is key to achieving the sustainable development goals and YPARD objectives. Thematically, in... More

October 20, 2007 will forever be in my history book. The day marks the moment of truth of my life. It was a sunny day. My family had just returned from farm very early this time. By12:00pm, the family was already home. Very unusual of the African farmer isn`t it? Don`t mind me! I mean I was expecting them in the... More

The impact of social media has increased dramatically on every level of humanity. Twitter, Facebook and any type of social networking is used in variety even sometimes unimaginable ways for studying, working or marketing. A research shows that an average person in 2015 has five social media accounts and spends around 1 and half hour in the network every day. Then,... More

Most people assume that social media sharing is easy, but indeed it requires quite a bit of effort to do more than share every blog post on social media.  There are tons of opportunities to promote your blog, ideas, or business on every one of the social networks, but for most people it’s not available for them to use. Social media... More

This is my question, while am preparing to be involved in the event of CFS 43.  Networking about networks... Nominated by YPARD, I am going to write blogs about the meeting of CFS 43, for social networks. I am not a blogger, but I believe in the necessary global efforts and in the role of young generations. Being an engineer, this... More

Did you know small farmers are producing 70% of the world food? However and despite many efforts, agriculture worldwide remains synonym of poverty. This can’t continue if we really want to achieve Food Security and Sustainability for 2030. Young people, today more than ever, are called to action. We have the energy, passion and creativity to re-shape our current food system,... More

EduMala, by name Edu= Education and Mala=Connection; connecting people for educational purpose has become a garland of knowledge for us. One day I was surfing through internet for any conference or workshop where I can participate, interact with different people and get some new ideas and when i went through YPARD Nepal’s page i discovered the online mentoring program the group... More

Climate change is probably the most discommoding truth that we have to live with and it's happening right in front of us. Marked as a "viled problem" it is a great concern of today as it affects not only human beings but also the whole ecosystem with  underdeveloped countries being at more risk.  Nepal, where I was born is a small landlocked... More

YPARD Kenya and African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) partnered to convene a session in ACCRA Ghana during this year's CAADP Partners Platform on the 12th of April 2016. This was the only youth session for the entire 3 days of CAADP PP under the sponsorship of the Africa Union (AU). The side event theme Financing Youth in Agriculture aimed at... More

From 24th – 26th August, 2016, YPARD Zimbabwe took part in the Zimbabwe Youth Agripreneurship Summit 2016 an event  organized by the Zimbabwe Farmers Union at ZESA Training Centre, Belvedere, Harare, Zimbabwe. As the YPARD Zimbabwe Country Representative, I took part in the event both as a presenter and as a facilitator with a focus on youth and climate change. My presentation Putting... More

I am an early career veterinary professional and I hail from a society where livestock rearing occupies a huge share in my people livelihoods. I chose to be a veterinarian because of an intense interest to care for animals. It would be more complicated to bring mega changes but I believe that I can provide some livestock services to farmers which... More

Biological beings coherently coexists in nature.  Various interactions in biological world have aided in sustaining the nature in its balance form. Among all the interactions the association between pollinators and plant has been most useful to humans since the dawn of civilization. By transferring the pollen from one plant to the other, pollinators helps in production of fruits, nuts and seeds.... More

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges currently facing humanity; it has aggravated water crises, drought, frequent wildfires, food shortages, weaker societal unity, hindered economic growth and increased security risks, inequality and poverty. But, ultimately, this is the issue of the Millennial Generation and how we deal with it now defines what will we be dealing with in the future.... More

At the occasion of YPARD 10 years, Jose Luis Zevallos Anfossi, a young agriculturist based in Argentina who recently joined YPARD, tells us what inspired and aspired him to join YPARD Community, from his very fresh perspective and as someone who lives in a country where there is no YPARD Country chapter yet. He talks about his visions and hope as... More

It finally happened: YPARD-Uzbekistan officially organized a national meeting which was held at ICARDA-Tashkent office on 12th August 2016. Eight young professionals, two ICARDA-Tashkent officials doubled up as observers and a number of ICARDA junior and senior researchers were presented at the meeting. After we had successfully organized a national meeting at Tashkent State Agrarian University together with CACAARI earlier this... More

We’re live! We finally did it! Check out our latest promo above. Tech4agri is now airing on local television station SynergyTV! It is nothing short of a milestone. As previous blog posts will show it was long and difficult road to get here but we actually did it. This television station airs locally but is part of the FLOW cable service line up... More

Meet Steve Maximay. He is a consultant running his business Science Based Initiatives out of the island of Grenada. He has created a trade marked licensed tool called the Climate Smart Agriculture Compliance tool (CSAC). The tool is a simple checklist but its robustness lies in being able to be converted to a numeric scale out of 100. This now makes it easier to... More