1. A movement by youth, for youth, for
agricultural development

2. What is YPARD?
• A global platform
• YPs under 40
• Active in Agricultural Dev.
• Multi-stakeholders
• Decentralized movement

3. Why YPARD?
Because youth need…
• To Participate/commit
• Access Professional opportunities
• Be given a voice
• Be interested in agricultural education
• Sustainable ARD = their future!

4. Objectives
1. Exchanging information & Connecting people
2. Contributing to strategic ARD policy debates
3. Promoting agriculture among young people
4. Facilitating access to resources and capacity building
opportunities

5. Our priorities for 2012
 Mentorship programme
 Strengthening our regional and local offices
 Promoting agriculture
 Curricula Changes
 Policy debates opportunities

6. Recommendation for Youth strategy?
-> A “Work-together” strategy
• Multi-stakeholder
• Multi-level
• Bring-in different perspectives and expertise
• WITHIN and outside organisations

7. Success story:
Collaborative GCARD2 Youth
 YPARD = International Youth voice
 GFAR = strategic and policy support
 CGIAR = capacity building in social reporting
 CTA = networking for more Youth on board
 Uruguay committee = “Local” Youth participation
 => +30 YP having an impact on GCARD2 outcomes,
reaching out and getting online participants involved,
and building capacities in social reporting (ICT4D)!

8. Recommendation for CTA Strategy?
• Don’t restrict the strategy to one
aspect/domain
• Embrace all the needs of the Youth in Ag
• Build a strategy that supports collaborative
work with different stakeholders strong of their
own expertise, among CTA departments/
programmes and with other partners

9. How can we work together?
Suggestions…
 Ardyis: promoting
agriculture through
stronger media
 Other CTA
programmes?
Let’s discuss!

10. Thank You!
and
Sign up now (if not yet done)! @ www.ypard.net