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Madan’s Journey after attending the Technical Online Communicators 2014 Workshop
It’s been almost a year since Madan Paudel, former YPARD Web4Knowledge intern took part in TOCs 2014. Thanks to two CGIAR sponsored slots for YPARD members and GFAR’s travel support, Madan had the...
Global discussions on agricultural curricula: Where are Africa and South East Asia?
The Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for Agricultural and Life Sciences (GCHERA) co-organized from 15-17 June, 2015 in Zaragoza, Spain the conference “Agricultural Higher...
Training the trainers: Participatory prospective analysis for forest tenure analysis in Uganda
With a population of close to 35m people, a total area of 241,038 square kilometres, and a forest cover of 4.9 million hectares, which represent just around 14.5% of the total area, Uganda is the...
The e-discussion on the ¨Role of Agricultural Innovation Systems in Central Asia and Caucasus countries and China towards more sustainable food security and nutrition” will be extended until the 5th of June
The e-discussion on the ¨Role of Agricultural Innovation Systems in Central Asia and Caucasus countries and China towards more sustainable food security and nutrition” will be extended until...
Territoires et population rurales en période de crise – perspective d’Afrique du Nord
4ème journée d’étude régionale préparatoire au Congrès de Milan, Rabat (Maroc), 20 et 21 Avril 2015. Par Rabii MRAIDI, YPARD membre La Fondation du Dialogue Sud-nord Méditerranée (Louvain-la-...
Reflections from the new Chair of the Drylands CRP Independent Steering Committee
By Harry Palmier I recently attended the meeting of the CGIAR Research Program (CRP) on Drylands Systems held in Hyderabad, India, at the invitation of ICRISAT, and was honoured to be selected as the...
Promoting Women’s Enterprise Development in Egypt
From Thomas Price, Senior Officer, Agricultural Innovation and Society, and Iman El-Kaffass, Capacity Development Expert, at the Secretariat of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research In November...
Collaborative Foresight: Finding solutions to youth unemployment in East Africa through agriculture
Agriculture accounts for almost 30% of the average GDP of the economies of East Africa countries (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Ethiopia). It also provides employment and livelihood...
Women’s land rights unleash agricultural productivity and nutrition
by Harry Palmier Women all over the world play a critical role in providing food and education as well as ensuring the well-being of their families and communities. But often, their contribution goes...
The voice of civil society in climate smart agriculture
Agriculture is a sector that is highly vulnerable to climate change. We need to think in terms of how this impacts livelihoods and what this means to our global food systems. Evidence suggests that...
