The family Marupovs has been dealing with agriculture for many years. They have grown cotton and vegetables on rented plots of land of the Joint stock company “S.Urunkhojaev”. The work under a burning sun did not compensate input costs and moreover was a kind of a seasonal work. From November till the beginning of March, a waiting time with sitting at... Continue reading

Research on  youth has shown that learning, challenges, exchange of ideas, sharing of solutions to peculiar problems and mentorship are useful in ensuring their success in whatever sector they find themselves. This is no different for youth in the agricultural sector irrespective of the point of the value chain they find themselves. To drive home this message was one of the... Continue reading

Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) is seeking a new steering committee member to guide its strategic development.  YPARD is a global youth network that supports the creation of the next generation of agricultural leaders, thinkers, and entrepreneurs to address critical development issues.  YPARD contributes with its extensive knowledge on youth-relevant issues in agriculture through its network of more than 15,000... Continue reading

We are delighted to welcome the new YPARD Uganda representative Paul Zaake. Paul is a graduate with a Masters’ degree in Climate Change and Adaptation from the University of Nairobi, Kenya and a Bachelors’ degree of Agriculture from Gulu University. Driven by his constantly growing optimism on young people becoming more active in the agricultural sector and in global development, Paul... Continue reading

We are delighted to welcome the YPARD Ghana country representative Kafui Kwesi Agbe. Kafui is a graduate in Agricultural Science with specialization in Extension and Rural Sociology from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana. Additionally, he possesses a Master’s in Philosophy degree in Agricultural Extension with research in micro enterprise establishment and growth from the University of... Continue reading

YPARD Kenya has been a very significant and irresistible voice in Kenya's policy environment in the last twelve months. Laudably, among all other reasons why YPARD Kenya is a resounding name in the Kenyan region is that the movement played a very vital role in developing Kenya’s Youth in Agribusiness Strategy which feeds into the overarching Government of Kenya’s National Agriculture... Continue reading

We are delighted to welcome the YPARD Web and Communications Officer, Pius Hiwe Pius graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics from the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta and he is currently studying International Development and Agricultural Economics at the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. He is a development economist with agricultural research experience and professional proficiency... Continue reading

A high level meeting, informing the G20 on rural youth and innovation? How could YPARD not take part?  By 2017 we really have seen a shift in attention towards youth, with a significant focus on how agriculture fits into the picture. At the ONE World no hunger meeting, high level panelists gave presentations on the importance of attracting youth to the... Continue reading

"Loin de prédire l’avenir de l’agriculture togolaise suite à l’exode rural, les jeunes professionnels proposent plutôt des solutions …. " Du  samedi 4 au dimanche 5 février 2017, a eu lieu sur la plateforme WhatsApp du mouvement YPARD Togo, une discussion autour de la question : "Quel avenir pour l’agriculture togolaise quand les jeunes désertent les campagnes ?" Avec pour modérateur le Représentant... Continue reading

Dans le but de mettre en œuvre son plan d’action 2017, YPARD Togo a lancé un programme de volontariat. A terme, ce programme devrait permettre aux volontaires d’acquérir de l’expérience professionnelle et au mouvement de  YPARD Togo de pouvoir trouver les ressources humaines nécessaires pour l’exécution de ses activités. Lancé depuis mi-février avec la réception des dossiers de candidature, ce programme... Continue reading

YPARD RDC a organisé son premier "café YPARD", ce dimanche 02 avril 2017. Cette activé a permis de comprendre les objectifs de YPARD global et de se faire une bonne idée sur les activités de YPARD RDC. Le café YPARD est une activité de YPARD durant laquelle, ceux qui ne connaissent pas YPARD sont invités pour échanger, discuter et sont également... Continue reading

The Knowledge Portal of the F&BKP provides a user-friendly gateway to knowledge and innovations in the field of Food and Nutrition Security (FNS). Relevant knowledge items such as reports, briefs, toolkits and articles are published on a regular basis for six main topics, each consisting of several sub-topics. To automatically receive updates of the topics that interest you the most, you can now subscribe to... Continue reading

It was amazing to finally see so many stakeholders, our thriving and diverse agri-community all in one place, at the recently held TechAgriExpo2017. This event was long overdue as expressed by many of the student volunteers, visitors, business owners and entrepreneurs, who contributed to the event’s success which was held at the St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West... Continue reading

 “Networks are one of the key elements of partnerships”, said Dr. Linley Chiwona-Karltun, Research Associate  at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). She was introducing and moderating the afternoon session at the workshop in the AGRINATURA General Assembly meeting that took place on 27th April 2017 at SLU in Uppsala, Sweden. The workshop focused on the topic of mutual prosperity... Continue reading

 Can we? This is a question that has been on many minds and on April 21st 2017, at the eve of the World Earth Day, the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition Foundation (BCFN Foundation) in partnership with the Milan Center for Food Law & Policy organized a Twitter Chat to discuss about solutions, linked factors and actions that we can take to raise... Continue reading

 Do you believe that “we are stronger when we work together”? We, YPARD and IAAS, believe so. Cooperation is the key to moving forwards in encouraging youth engagement in agricultural development. With the aim at strengthening the long-established cooperation of Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) and the International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences (IAAS), on 4th April... Continue reading

Después del éxito de las primeras Jornadas de Investigación Agraria para el Desarrollo organizadas algunos años atrás, las segundas han tenido lugar en la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid entre el 22 y el 23 de marzo 2017, con el objetivo de reunir a los actores principales del sector, como pueden ser las ONG, universidades, agencias de cooperación, centros de investigación, etc,... Continue reading

  The MasterCard Foundation Young Africa Works Summit was a convening of giants and experienced agricultural practitioners in Africa and its sub-regions. It was a formal affair where requests were made, research findings were shared, contacts exchanged and long lasting relationships were forged. I was selected as a youth delegate and the 3 -day interactive conference will go down in my... Continue reading

My name is Emmanuel Fiifi Musah and I am a second-year Agribusiness student of the premier Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Ghana as well as a MasterCard Foundation Scholar. I come from the Central part of Ghana but throughout my life, I have lived in the Volta Northern part of Ghana where agriculture is predominantly the mainstay economic... Continue reading

The second edition of The MasterCard Foundation Young Africa Works Summit took place in Kigali, Rwanda and I was fortunate to be among the youth delegates selected to attend. The summit that brought close to 300 participants including 47 young people aimed at finding ways to achieve sustainable and meaningful livelihoods for the youth in the Agriculture sector by engaging the... Continue reading