Latin America

Lineamientos de nominación de los Premios de Innovación Juvenil en Maíz 2019 - América Latina
02 Jul 2019
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Nomination Guidelines - Maize Youth Innovators Awards – Latin America
02 Jul 2019
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- Call for participation
Convocatoria para participar en los Premios de Innovación Juvenil en Maíz 2019 – América Latina
Open until02 Jul 2019
- Call for participation
Call for Nominees for the 2019 Maize Youth Innovators Awards – Latin America
Open until22 Jul 2019
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2017 International Masters Scholarships at Australia's International Water Center
Open until31 Jul 2016
- Funding
Rainforest Trust -- Rainforest Ark Initiative
Open until20 Aug 2016
- Funding
Inter-American Development Bank -- Regional Collective Action in Latin America and the Caribbean 2016
Open until06 Apr 2016
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America Ornithology Union International grants program for Latin American university students
Open until14 Mar 2016
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JRS Biodiversity Foundation -- Research on Policies that Influence Biodiversity Information in Latin America
Open until05 Mar 2015
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Livelihoods Fund -- Carbon Credits to Fund Rural Energy
Open until14 Feb 2015
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Rainforest Alliance -- Kleinhans Fellowship for Research in Community Forestry
Open until27 Feb 2015
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Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) -- Hackathon on Climate-Smart Agriculture for Latin America
Open until11 Nov 2014
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JRS Biodiversity Foundation - Policies that Determine the Use and Value of Biodiversity Data
Open until07 Sep 2014
Welcoming YPARD LAC coordinator: Gipsy Bocanegra
08 Aug 2014by Amelia Ochoa
International Conference: Natural Resources and Sustainable Development Goals for Latin America
01 Sep 2014 to 04 Sep 2014
Farming for the future: How young people will be feeding the next generation
08 Jul 2014
Farming for the future: How young people will be feeding the next generation
30 Jun 2014
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Lincoln Institute of Land Policy calls for research proposals on Land Policy and Urban Development in Latin America!
Open until06 Jul 2014
- Call for participation
Call for applications to participate in the Young Professionals Program at the Inter-American Development Bank
Open until14 Jun 2014
IFOAM Organic Leadership Course Europe 2014/15
11 Jul 2014 to 20 Jul 2014
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Prince Bernhard Nature Fund - Projects to Conserve Flora and Fauna
Open until28 Feb 2014
- Call for participation
Tinker Foundation - Sustainable Resource Management in Latin America
Open until14 Mar 2014
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Ashden Awards - International Awards for Sustainable Energy 2014
Open until04 Nov 2013
- Funding
World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) - Prince Bernhard Scholarships for Nature Conservation 2014
Open until10 Jan 2014
Seen but not heard? How youth are revolutionizing development, and why we need to get on board
14 Aug 2013
- Jobs
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute - Short-Term Fellowships
Open until14 Oct 2013
- Call for participation
Call for Abstracts for Learning Workshop: Gendered Access to Forest and Small Farms in Latin America
Open until14 Jul 2013
- Jobs
Inter-American Development Bank -- IDEAS Energy Innovation 2013
Open until14 Aug 2013
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Ornithological Council -- Bird Research and Conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Open until30 Jul 2013
Recap of #AskAg Twitter Chat on youth employment hosted by Agrilinks
15 Jun 2013

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Youth success stories

Youthful passion to contribute to sustainable food systems

Charles Masereka Yoronimu's commitment to contributing to building sustainable food systems drives him to be an active agent of youth engagement in agriculture.

5 years of YPARD: a life-changing journey

"Being a YPARD representative gave me so many empowering opportunities, but also a chance to empower others" Testimonial by Ivana Radic Jean highlighting her experience and journey in working with youth in agriculture within the YPARD Serbia community since February 2013.

YPARDian bags home the 2017 SFIAR Master Thesis award!

In 2017, YPARD member, Sebastian Mengel, was the recipient of the Master Thesis award for his collaborative research with YPARD, HAFL and CGIAR CRP drylands program on agricultural livelihoods of rural youth in the drylands of Midelt, Morocco.

Good-bye from YPARD Nepal: Creating a space for young leaders

This testimonial by Dinesh Panday highlights his experience in working with youth in agriculture within the YPARD Nepal community since 2012. He is currently a doctoral graduate research assistant (2016-2019) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the former YPARD Nepal country representative.

A season of innovation

The climate-smart irrigation system was designed with the aim of addressing these challenges; by collecting rainwater, transferring it below the soil surface and using it during the time of low rainfall thus making water available and accessible for perennial plants all year round.

Climate resilient agriculture and producer-consumer justice through ICT

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 was created to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts to ensure climate resilient agriculture and ICT based business promotional interventions from producer to consumer level. Youth, therefore, can play a supporting role to increase awareness and promote the agenda of SDG for agricultural sustainability to make sure others are aware of it.

From nowhere to somewhere; YPARD made a way

Marc Ghislain tells about all the changing scenes in his life as a young professional in agriculture: the anxiety in choosing a profession in agriculture and how his engagement with YPARD helped him find his feet in the agricultural sector.

A non-traditional career path

I strongly support and believe in an inclusive and equitable quality education together with lifelong learning opportunities for all. It is very important that we start to facilitate more flexible career paths in science if we want to encourage diversity and creativity. Being a lifelong learner is a value of sustainable self-development. It opens the door to life-changing, rewarding, fulfilling and continuous growth.

Easier said than done: Gender equality and women empowerment

The role of young people in helping shift gender perceptions is paramount. We can no longer employ tradition and culture as excuses for allowing basic inequalities between genders to occur and to keep perpetuating themselves. We need to acknowledge and cherish culture, but also acknowledge that culture is not a static entity and that it can, and must, evolve towards a more equal society.

Believe in sustainability, food security, fight for the hungry: My Credo

In an era where population, technologies and modernization are fast growing, meeting up with the basic food needs of the population worldwide is one of the greatest challenges nations and international institutions are witnessing. Marc Ghislain shares his views on how the young people can be part of the solution and more importantly in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal number two.