- Agriculture has an image problem. Simply put, for the majority of the world’s youth, agriculture simply isn’t seen as being “cool” or attractive. Most think of it only as back-breaking labor, without an economic pay-off—and little room for career advancement. With an ageing population of…
- Source: YPARD by Oluwabunmi Ajilore It was the first day of June in the serene and sunny – but slightly windy – city of Montpellier, and from all around the world researchers and academics in the fields of agriculture and family farming were gathered: experts in…
- The $10,000 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation recognizes exceptional, science-based achievement in international agriculture and food production by an individual under 40 who has clearly demonstrated intellectual courage, stamina,…
- Source: Food Tank by Codrin Paveliuc Olariu Currently, 2.5 billion people depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Globally, the average age of farmers is around 55 years. According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Statistical Yearbook 2013, 27 percent of the…
- “We now have the largest youth generation in human history. What do we do with this restless generation? Far too often activities are taking place without the input from young people.” Thembi (Sithembile Ndema) started, as the hard talk moderator at the Youth session of the Global…
- Just before and during the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) conference, a Social Media Bootcamp was organized by the CGIAR that brought together key social media coordinators from CGIAR, GLF consortium members and partner non-profit organisations and institutes. During a six-day hands-on training…
- Over the pass 12 months Caribbean Farmers Network (CaFAN) with funding support from one of its key EU-ACP partners CTA, embarked on a program of training, capacity building and promoting their young leaders under the age of 35 greater involvement and participation in their network leadership,…
- With over 40 young professionals directly supported to attend the 2013 Africa Agriculture Science Week, YPARD hosted an event celebrating what young people have done on the continent in AR4D and examining how they can work more strongly together. The side event brought together YPARD…
- 02/08/2013 Peter Casier - AASW Social Media Coordinator The Social Media Outreach objectives and KPI’s The overall objectives were: AWARENESS: Raise awareness of the AASW6 conference causes, discussions and outcomes, and document the conference. …
- Source:YPARD YPARD is proud to share its YPARD 2012 report. This was a year of growth for YPARD where it made its mark in agricultural research for development. The strong showing by YPARD at the GCARD2 demonstrated to the international community that youth can have a strong…