This blogpost by Arsène Birindwa originally appeared on the FARA blog. Malgré “le vaste potentiel agricole dont dispose l’Afrique”, expression me paraissant de plus en plus “lapalissade” la faim et la malnutrition persistent sur le continent. En 2003, les chefs d’État africains avaient pris l’engagement de consacrer 10 pourcent de leur budget national à l’agriculture « conscients» de son l’importance dans... Continue reading

World markets are flooding with new and more competent food products. Both durability and shelf life of the products have been increased by a variety of packaging techniques and the techniques required for enhancing the nutrient content. Further, market competitiveness had made the growers and sellers to come out with new and deleterious methods of market procurement. The farming community had... Continue reading

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.... Continue reading

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... Continue reading

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... Continue reading

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... Continue reading

“It is apparent that social media is not confined to the corporate world. It has its place in agriculture, business, education and every other sector. Additionally, agriculture is not a primitive or decadent field. It sustains the human race providing opportunities for self-sufficiency, innovation and food security. Understanding these learning outcomes, the importance of agribusiness and how social media influences everything... Continue reading

Globally agriculture is being practised under different agro-ecosystems using numerous technologies for crop production in order to have higher production. This is done through exploitation of natural resources like soil, water, air and solar radiation. Conservation agriculture (CA) on other hand is based on sustained yield level through resource optimization and is central to safe and healthy natural resources as well... Continue reading

As you know 12th of August was an auspicious day as United Nations International Youth Day (IYD) was simultaneously been celebrated in 193 members country of the United Nations. This year, the overall theme for IYD was “The Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production” and the leading role young people can play in that. In line... Continue reading

Du 16 au 18 mars, à Thiès (Sénégal), s'est tenu un Agri Hackathon pour le lancement du premier Agrihub en Afrique de l'Ouest pour les jeunes agriculteurs. Dénommé "Yeesal Agri hub", ce projet est mis en œuvre par l’initiative de l’ONG Tostan, en partenariat avec la coopération allemande (GIZ) et l’ONG italienne LVIA. Son but est de cibler des jeunes entrepreneurs... 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

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

The long awaited day finally arrived and YPARD-Peru founding team welcomed fifty enthusiastic young people (students and professionals) most of them with a background in agricultural, social and political sciences. The first YPARD-Café took place in Lima, on the June 30th, closing the semester in the best way possible!  Seeking to interact with new Ypardians in Peru, we invited three social... Continue reading

It was the first day of the Africa Agriculture Science Week (6th edition)– hosted by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) in Accra, Ghana – and like every other young social reporter/blogger for the conference I was struggling to find my way around the International Conference Centre and locate the venues for the side events I had penciled down... Continue reading

This year's Agrogeneration summit held in Catania (Sicily) from 18th to 22nd of July brought with it many tidings. It not only paved a new way for the youth to be listened by the Italian Agricultural Ministry, but also other institutions, universities and NGOs in the agricultural sector. This year's topic was on innovations and their application to the agricultural sector.... Continue reading

  Every year, millions of tons of food are lost to pest damage during the post-harvest stage, and this also amounts to millions of lost revenue for farmers.In the Philippines alone, 3 MILLION TONS OF RICE is lost every year due to pest damage. But, the situation is about to change for the better! An Engineering Team from The University of... Continue reading

We are delighted to welcome YPARD Peru representative Daniela Rivas. Daniela Rivas is a proud alumni of the Pan-american School of Agriculture Zamorano, the most recognized school of agriculture in Latin America, and possesses a major in Socio-economic Development and Environment. In the past, Daniela has worked with rural and indigenous communities, small scale growers and their organizations and on projects... Continue reading

Before beginning to continue studies in agriculture I had always thought that conventional agriculture is the best choice for the cultivation of cereal, horticulture and livestock crops. This was due to the fact that looking around I saw that in recent years, the products performance has risen resulting to an increase in the farmers' income. However, the decrease of products quality... Continue reading

“You will be surprised” is the logo written on the t-shirts of the bunch of youngsters at the GCARD2 pre-conference session of YPARD, which stands for Young Professionals’ Platform for Agricultural Research for Development. The leaders of the movement have reason to say so. Since its creation in 2006, YPARD has been acting as a platform for knowledge sharing for young... Continue reading

After getting a job  I knew what I had to do to be a responsible consumer. I bravely survived price incentives and bought my yoghurt, cucumber, tomatoes, apples and courgettes in the biological variety at my local supermarket. I have to admit - it wasn't a big effort. The supermarket is 25 meter from my house and responsible consuming being the... Continue reading