We are delighted to welcome the new YPARD Peru country representative, Flor de María Prado Flor de María is a graduate of the Pacifico University, Perú with a Bachelor´s degree in Administration. The first years of her career she worked in some Peruvian companies. However, she was always really interested in finding the way to create opportunities for people who need... Continue reading

Lucia Ntchela, a farmer from Mwanza in southern Malawi can now fully rely on the income from the chili farming to meet household expenses and to pay school fees for her children.  She no longer needs to look for income from other sources. But things have not been always rosy for Lucia. Like other farmers in her community, she struggled to... Continue reading

My name is Artur Harutyunyan, I am a YPARD Armenia member and a senior student at Agribusiness Teaching Center (ATC). During my two years of education at ATC, I have been provided with firm and in-depth knowledge about the agribusiness sector. Agribusiness related subjects such as Agricultural Economics, Agroecology, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Agribusiness Case Study has become a cornerstone... Continue reading

The Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) Ghana has successfully signed a letter of cooperation with the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) for “domestication, data population and local management of the eCapacities™ platform”. The eCapacities™ platform will foster online collaborative and interactive engagement by African organizations on agribusiness, investment, human capital, and production data to promote policy design, targeted... Continue reading

With perfect lighting and the cackling of geese as a soundtrack, Campaigning for Conservation (C4C) training kicked off at the Manor House Agricultural Center on the 12th of March 2018 and lasted twelve days. This was a training offered to twenty-six Farming for Biodiversity Campaigners from across the country Kenya by RARE, IFOAM Organics International and was supported by German Environment... Continue reading

Africa’s agricultural system is faced with many challenges such lack of access to material and monetary resources, low investor confidence in agriculture and unfortunately wrong perceptions of youth about the farming enterprise as a whole. However young men and women who are the future of nation have the energetic, creativity and innovation to drive the agriculture sector forward. To harness these... Continue reading

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... Continue reading

In order to be a successful goat farmer, there are basics you must consider or know before you start a goat farm. These include but not limited to the following: Location: The most important consideration you must first make is location. Common goats generally survive in warm areas that are well drained. Apart from temperature, space is necessary. Goats live in... Continue reading

We are delighted to welcome the new YPARD South Africa representative, Tshiamo Dichabe. Tshiamo has expertise in business strategy conceptualization, new venture creation and project/programme implementation. He holds a B.Com Marketing degree from the University of Pretoria in South Africa, majoring in Marketing Management, Business Management and Project Management. He is currently enrolled at the University of South Africa (UNISA) to... Continue reading

As the new YPARD Serbia country representative in exploring potentials for partnerships with associations and organizations with similar cause as YPARD’s; making better standing for young farmers, I attended the third International conference on “Young farmers in Serbia and EU” organized by the Serbian association of young farmers. At the conference Jannes Maes, presidents of the Serbian, Czech, Hungarian and Croatian... Continue reading

YPARD is glad to welcome Emmie Kio as remote YPARD Social Media Intern for 3 months, 10 hours a week. Emmie will take part in strengthening YPARD Social Media strategy and support information sharing and interaction through social media platforms such as Facebook group and page, Linkedin group, Twitter and more! Emmie Kio is from Kenya. She holds a bachelor of... Continue reading

Since 2012, the Swiss chapter of Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) is helping to boost youth's participation in agriculture, food, and environmental issues in Switzerland. YPARD Switzerland is seeking a new Country Representative (CR) from July 2018 or upon agreement. Do you bring along a young, innovative and fresh spirit? Then this is the position for you! Becoming a CR... Continue reading

It is believed that healthy, energetic and fresh young minds will build a healthy nation for tomorrow.  Keeping this into concern, children of today’s age need more priority regarding health and nutrition. Since the mid-90s to the present, Child malnutrition has significantly declined but chronic malnutrition is still high in developing countries, like Bangladesh.with 36% of children being affected worldwide.   While in... Continue reading

Twenty-seven-year-old Paul Zaake is co-founder and executive director at Rakai Environmental Conservation Programme (RECO), a not-for-profit organization based in Uganda’s southern Rakai region, and member of the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) network. To mark International Day for Biological Diversity, celebrating 25 years of action for biodiversity today, we asked him why biodiversity is important - and how youth can... Continue reading

No, no, no – you won’t have to literally garden in the moonlight. That would be inconvenient.  Using the lunar cycle to pinpoint seed planting dates for healthier plants and more bountiful harvest is an age-old practice still used to this day. It might not be the most popular trend right now, but it is based in science and suggested by... Continue reading

Research is essential for increasing knowledge and to establish facts and principles - data is the main ingredient.  As science and technology are getting updated, research is undertaken at the micro level and therefore various complex and large amount of data is needed to come to an accurate conclusion. But the traditional data processing application software is inadequate to deal with... Continue reading

Awareness about agriculture is steadily gaining momentum among young people in Africa- particularly in Nigeria. Concrete efforts are being made by governments and the private sector including, NGOs and civil societies, on possible ways to engage and make youth the main drivers of agricultural transformation in Africa. Participation of youth in agribusiness along the agricultural value chain has been identified as... Continue reading

Dear YPARD community, I would like to present you the Let’s Food Cities project, launched in September 2017 by the French NGO Let’s Food.  To tell you a bit more about why we initiated this project, let us tell you more about our background and how this idea appeared to be the right thing to us. Anna Faucher, now president of... Continue reading

Rumi, the great poet is quoted saying “Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.” This aptly describes what the YPARD community felt upon the departure of Courtney Paisley having attained the age limit to be involved in a leadership position at YPARD.... Continue reading

Agriculture has long been perceived as a profession for the hopeless- especially unemployed youth in the society. Several years ago, people only practised agriculture as mere engagement and, as a societal norm but the recent trends in the agricultural industry has made it clear that the opportunities in agriculture cannot be overemphasized. There are many basic needs of life but food... Continue reading