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... Continue reading

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... Continue reading

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... Continue reading

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... Continue reading

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... Continue reading

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... Continue reading

Depuis plus d’une décennie, certains observateurs attentifs à l’évolution de l’agriculture sénégalaise constatent l’émergence d’un fait nouveau. D’une manière singulière, des exploitations à la taille utilisant les nouvelles pratiques agricoles se situent sur l’ensemble du territoire sénégalais, et mettant en œuvre des techniques, des systèmes de production, des circuits de commercialisation qui peuvent surprendre par leur originalité. Cela est le fait... Continue reading

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,... Continue reading

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... Continue reading

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... Continue reading

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... Continue reading

I am happy to inform you that there is an ongoing study on Youth and Family Farming, from the World Rural Forum, carried out by the Universitat Politècnica de València. The geographical scope of the study is global and the main point is to draw up a diagnosis of the current situation and to collect experiences on youth and family farming.... Continue reading

Getting rid of extreme poverty and hunger have always been at the centre of the global development goals. These goals appeared as number one on the list of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – the precursor of the current Sustainable Development goals (SDGs). On the SDGs list, they are number 1 and 2 among the issues the global community is committed... Continue reading

In April, the six finalists in GFAR and YPARD’s Youth Agripreneur Project headed back to their homes in the four corners of the world after an intense week of orientation and skills building at the GCARD3 Global Event, to embark on their personal adventures–and tackle their particular challenges–in agricultural entrepreneurship. Over the last three months, Jax, Anil, Nikki, Lillian, Jony, and Kellyann have taken what they learned... Continue reading

In April, the six finalists in GFAR and YPARD’s Youth Agripreneur Project headed back to their homes in the four corners of the world after an intense week of orientation and skills building at the GCARD3 Global Event, to embark on their personal adventures–and tackle their particular challenges–in agricultural entrepreneurship. Over the last three months, Jax, Anil, Nikki, Lillian, Jony, and Kellyann have taken what they learned... Continue reading

The theme of the 2016 International Youth Day , 12th of  August, is “The Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production”. Through this theme, the United Nations recognize “the leading role of young people in ensuring poverty eradication and achieving sustainable development through sustainable consumption and production”. They use as objective and framework the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable... Continue reading

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... Continue reading

In April, the six finalists in GFAR and YPARD’s Youth Agripreneur Project headed back to their homes in the four corners of the world after an intense week of orientation and skills building at the GCARD3 Global Event, to embark on their personal adventures–and tackle their particular challenges–in agricultural entrepreneurship. Over the last three months, Jax, Anil, Nikki, Lillian, Jony, and... Continue reading

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  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 a new... Continue reading

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... Continue reading