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YPARD has designed a unique peer to peer mentoring programme. By providing a platform for you, to share your skills with other YPARD members, match with others whom you will learn from, and share experiences with a wider network of members, the programme will also include coaching sessions on specific issues of concern to the clusters of peers that will be involved.

 


From October 10-13, Youth have gathered in Benin for a conference on innovation and agriculture called "Youth entrepreneurs – agents of change”, organized by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

‘’It is better to prepare a youth who has long future ahead of her, than to repair an adult who has fallen along the way,’’ a group discussion on leadership and innovation was told at the Benin Youth Innovation Workshop/fair in Cotonou.

To read the articles on this Global Youth Innovation Network conference (GYIN), please visit the website of IPS Africa.


The Groupe de Bruges, in collaboration with the AAB/Agroregionieuropa and SPERA developed a comprehensive e-learning course on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).


The EL-CAP project is based on the success of the Italian version of the course that was developed by the AAB.It is a quick way to learn about the history, present and future reform of the CAP in eight easy accessible modules. The course was made with contributions from leading European experts.

As of November 1st the first modules are available. Participation is free of charge.

 

It is widely accepted that educational establishments should prepare students for the job market as well as providing a general education. It is also generally accepted that present curricula do not adequately provide young professionals with the skills they need when they start on a career in ARD. Immediate changes are needed in the very short term as well as for the future.


On October 18, This Day Live published the article 'FARA: Pushing for Real Devt through Agric Research'.

In this article the focus lies on Integrated Agricultural Research for Development (IAR4D), a model FARA uses in order to achieve a transformation in the publication purposes of researchers: from acceptance in the intellectual community, researchers should focus on actually liberating poor farmers from poverty.

The author looks at the idea of development through agriculture, using the IAR4D concepts. He draws from a FARA training in Maputo, Mozambique and a paper titled ‘Enhancing Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa through IAR4D and Competitive Grants Processes: Experiences and Lessons’ by Clesensio Tizikara and Freddie Kwesiga.