Source: YPARD
Competition process
The competition is an attempt to capture and showcase the voices of youth and their contribution to agriculture for development, whether in research, in production or assisting a community to develop a sustainable livelihood.
The project is divided...
20/04/2012
YPARD Newsletter March 2012 is Online!
Keep updated on YPARD on-line and off-line activities worldwide. Find YPARD news from different regions, funding updates and job opportunities, check out the YP (Young Professional) featured news, information on ARD events and hot news....
12/04/2012
Source:YPARD
The YPARD European platform is part of the YPARD Global platform, following the same vision and mission:
to work for a sustainably improved livelihood, worldwide, through dynamic Agricultural Research for Development, by serving as a platform through which young professionals...
06/02/2012
As we start 2012, YPARD will say thank you and goodbye to the last of the founding YPARD members who comes to the end of her term as YPARD steering committee member in January 2012.
The official launch of YPARD occurred in November 2006 at the Global Forum for Agricultural...
11/01/2012
Youth and Agriculture: Fresh Approach for a New Paradigm
The CGIAR Science Forum 2011 held from 17th-19th October 2011 in Beijing, China under the theme “The Agriculture-Environment Nexus “ was organized by the Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC) of the CGIAR in...
14/12/2011
The young generation plays an important role in extension and rural advisory services. It has to solve many of the current global issues and will face new ones. To rise to the challenge, young professionals working in extension and rural advisory services should be paid greater attention,...
24/08/2011
The special series of blogs on Agriculture, ICTs and Young Professionals was launched at the end of the International Year of Youth, one of many activities during the last twelve months that mark the beginning of a greater recognition of the need to engage youth in the issues that...
24/08/2011
1. GFAR and GCARD Global Advocacy
• Finalized GCARD Roadmap through extensive consultation, editing and rewriting, firstly with GFAR Programme Committee, then GFAR Steering Committee and stakeholders. GCARD Roadmap was finalized in February and fully endorsed by GFAR Steering Committee,...
28/07/2011
The World Bank Science, Technology and Innovation Global Expert Team and the Agriculture and Rural Development Sector are hosting the U.S. launch of The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa by Professor Calestous Juma on April 22, 2011, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm in person at the World Bank or...
21/04/2011
The final draft of the GCARD Roadmap is now being considered for endorsement by the GFAR Steering Committee Members.
The GCARD Roadmap was created from the contributions and dynamic interaction of thousands of stakeholders from all sectors. The Roadmap highlights the urgent changes...
10/02/2011
Scientific and Technical Information and Rural Development: Highlights of Innovative Practices
The renewed worldwide interest in agriculture and in issues relating to food crises in different parts of the world has highlighted the need for providing quality information to actors in rural...
03/03/2010
CIARD is organizing an Information Access Marketplace in association with the IAALD XIIIth World Congress organized by Agropolis International 27th - 29th April 2010 in Montpellier, France.
The Marketplace will take place from 14.00 to 17.30 Monday 26th April 2010.
Are your organization’s...
03/03/2010
23 July 2009
In a GFAR Briefing recent paper written by Ruben G. Echeverria and Nienke M. Beintema, the authors examine past and current trends in the funding of agricultural research and analyze various agricultural research funding mechanisms that have been used...
23/07/2009
Organized by GFAR, the GCARD is more than just a Conference - its a multi-year process of learning and continuous updating of the global agricultural research for development (AR4D) system. Our aim is to create new ways of working together to enhance the development value of research.
GCARD will...
14/07/2009
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