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

Jokalante est une plateforme mise en place par un consortium d’organismes internationaux dans le cadre du projet Tic Mbay (Tic pour l’agriculture en langue wolof). Elle a pour ambition la vulgarisation de la production agricole à travers les technologies de l’information et de la communication. C’est une entreprise sociale, dont le mot en langue wolof "Jokalante" signifie dialogue ou échange d'idées. La plateforme offre... 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

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... 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

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

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

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

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

We are delighted to welcome the YPARD Europe Communications and Fund Raising officer Stacy Hammond.  Stacy is a 2014 graduate of Agroforestry Engineering at URACCAN (Nicaragua) and a Master’s in Tropical Crop Management and Ecology at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CULS).She is currently a Ph.D. student at CULS with focus on tropical agrobiology and bioresource management. Stacy’s range of... 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

Imagine YPARD: a network of young professionals in agriculture as a tree. The more you strengthen its branches, the more leaves and buds will pop-up and grow. As a result: fruits. The roots up to the branches are YPARD Country chapters; they are supporting a growing community of members: a pool of young people with different cultural backgrounds, aspirations and livelihoods.... Continue reading

<< Aywajieune >> est la première plateforme sénégalaise de mise en relation, d’annonces et de ventes de produits halieutiques (poissons et fruits de mer). Cette plateforme permet aux vendeurs et acheteurs qui rencontrent des difficultés d’écoulement et d’approvisionnement à effectuer facilement une opération de vente ou d’achat via des outils en ligne. La plateforme est née à la suite d’une étude qui... Continue reading

The year 2016 has been dubbed the “International Year of Pulses” by the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) with the main aim of heightening consumer awareness of the nutritional and other benefits of pulse crops. According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, “Pulses are a vital source of plant-based proteins and amino acids for people around the globe... Continue reading

It is widely acceptable by people that information is crucial and as well as a powerful tool for decision making.  Properly quoted: “What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember. What I do, I understand” – Rural proverb. In order to meet up with YPARD vision, mission and objective, a representative from YPARD Nigeria team honored the request of... Continue reading

This blogpost by Anil Regmi, originally appeared on the GFAR blog. Anil Regmi, a young Nepali national with a B.S. in Electronics and Communication Engineering who recently decided to turn to a career in agriculture, had the distinction in March of being selected as one of six finalists in the Youth Agripreneurs Project (YAP). A pilot project co-organized by GFAR and YPARD, YAP provides seed funding, technical mentoring and business... Continue reading

As YPARD - the international network of young professionals for agricultural development - hits 10 years of achievements in 2016, YPARD members (commonly called “YPARDians”) have been celebrating their community through a series of YPARD online and onsite events, all over the world. More than ever, YPARD reaffirms itself as a network and “a family” of young people dedicated to take... Continue reading

by Courtney Paisley and Karin Reinprecht One in five youths, or 125 million, are working but live in extreme poverty (on less than US$1/day). 70 percent of the world's poor (youth) live in rural areas with agriculture as main source of income and employment. Youth make up 40% of the world's unemployed in 2013. A new study – the first of its kind... Continue reading

My name is Abdelali Ouhri and I recently graduated in Linguistics from the English Department at My Ismail University in Meknes, Morocco. I am also a young farmer and have been working with my father on our apple farm for years. Now that I have graduated from university, I have more time to help him on the farm - from flowering... Continue reading