Agricultural research and development (AR4D) systems are basic to finding the long-term solutions to the sources and motors of recurrent crises. AR4D in post-conflict and protracted crises countries invariably suffers from poor research infrastructure and financial means, high staff turnover and...
24/10/2012
Starting with background information, the report presents a summary of the plenary presentations of the workshop, which includes a brief on the post-conflict and protracted crisis environment in the 15 participating countries. A section is thereafter dedicated to process steps that eventually led...
22/10/2012
In 2012, GFAR and partners launched a new mechanism “Gender in Agriculture Partnership (GAP)” 2 while continuing to provide support to the Young Professionals Platform for Agricultural Research and Development (YPARD). In Africa for example, there are several programs e.g. the ANAFE-...
18/10/2012
GAP is a multi-stakeholder network of institutions and individuals promoting gender equity and women’s empowerment in the agricultural sector in order to increase production and productivity, value-addition and increases in incomes, reduce losses and wastage, and ensure food and nutrition...
12/10/2012
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is an initiative that works across African countries to improve the productivity and sustainable production of smallholder farmers, the majority of who are women. AGRA strives to effect change across the entire agriculture value chain through...
11/10/2012
AWARD is a professional development program that strengthens the research and leadership skills of African women in agricultural science, empowering them to contribute more effectively to poverty alleviation and food security in sub-Saharan Africa. AWARD is funded by the Bill & Melinda...
01/08/2012
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
Editor’s note: For press materials, background reports and corresponding photos, please visit the press room at http://gcwa.wordpress.com/. Follow #GCWA on Twitter for updates 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
Paper prepared for Global Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development. Montpellier, France, 28-31 March, 2010
10/08/2011
30 March2010 GCARD, Montpellier
10/08/2011
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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