By Monty Jones, Chair of GFAR
The global fragmentation and under resourcing of agricultural research, education and advisory systems and their weak linkages with wider development processes and farmers, civil society organizations and the private sector remain major bottlenecks...
18/05/2012
FAO is hosting a moderated e-mail conference from 4 June to 1 July 2012 on "Ensuring the full participation of family farmers in agricultural innovation systems: Key issues and case studies".
Agricultural innovation systems (AIS) are systems of individuals,...
14/05/2012
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
Source:Science and Development Network
We are far from easing the drudgery of women farm workers. But there is growing interest in designing technologies to improve their lives, report M Sreelata and Naomi Antony.
The seemingly simple act of removing the husks from...
17/04/2012
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: Voice of America
Despite the large role women play in agriculture in the developing world, experts say they continue to face discrimination, gender inequality and a lack of access to credit. A global partnership is campaigning to secure rights for women farmers....
23/03/2012
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Neglect of Women Farmers Leads to Malnutrition, Failed Harvests,
Lives of Backbreaking Drudgery, Say...
21/03/2012
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
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
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