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Taking Agronomy to Farmersthrough Youth in Agriculture
YS Saharawat
Senior ScientistIndian Council of Agricultural Research
yssaharawat@gmail.com
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Transformational Ag. Delivery Relevant,
Sustainable,
Innovative,
Integrative,
Collaborative,
Inclusive and
Youth-responsiveCultivate a new generation (Young) of
agricultural entrepreneurs, technicians,
researchers/ scientists, educators and
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The Youth Moving away from agriculture
Farmers are getting older..
Agril. growth need new energy
Synergy of energy and experience
Non-linear way of farming will
encourage youth in agriculture
Agri. Graduates should have
diversified roles
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Why Youth?
Insufficient participation of young professionals in
dialogues addressing critical development issues
Limited access to professional opportunities for
youth
Absence of a support network or platform to voiceyoung professionals ideas, opinions and concerns
Declining interest in agriculture among youth
The need for sustainable ARD
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A movement by youth, for youth, for
agricultural research for development
A global platform of young professionals under 40 years of
age active in Agricultural Research for Development (ARD
What is YPARD?
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1. To facilitate the exchange of information and
knowledge among young professionals across
disciplines, professions, age and regions
2. To broaden opportunities for young professionals tocontribute to strategic ARD policy debates
3. To promote agriculture among young people
4. To facilitate access to resources and capacity building
opportunities
Objectives
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Distribution:
2300 members from 117countries
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2. Broadening opportunities for young
professionals to contribute to strategic
ARD policy debates
Enable the participation of youth to strategic ARD
events
Lobbying for greater youth representation
Young professionals as a regular stakeholder group
for invitation
YPARD as a facilitation mechanism
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Activities, contd
3. Promote agriculture among youngpeople.
Collect data on the declining interest of young
people in agriculture
Work with others to develop concrete steps
for addressing the issue
Involve youth in these discussions, decisionsand planning processes
Agri. As a business for the rural youth
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4. Facilitate access to resource and capacity
building opportunities
Organising capacity building opportunities
targeting the expressed needs of young
professionals in collaboration with partners
Encouraging others to include more young
people in their trainings
Information services to members: newsletter,
funding opportunities and information relevant
to YPs in ARD
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Youth and experienced professionals
from: Universities Research Institutions
Donor organizations
NGOs/CSOs
Government agencies
Extension
Farmer organizations
Private sector
Lack of mentorship for new people coming into the organization
Need to support young professionals and not to lose the knowledge and
experience
Innovate how to engage young people ensure that there is interest for thefuture
Y th f R h t Di i ti t P li F l B i M d l
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UnderstandConstraints
Problem solvingapproach
Generatealternatives
Evaluation ofalternatives
Technolog
yInfrastr
ucture
Policy
SupportServices
ICT
Youth from Research to Dissemination to Policy Funnel Business Model
Technolog
y
Team
12/5/2012 16
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New Initiatives
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Need to Understand
What are steps towards greater engagement
with youth to strengthen agricultural innovations
systems?
What could be the incentives and reward systemsfor young people (male and female) to choose
careers in agriculture?
What are the skills and competencies required forthe next generation of ARD professionals; famers,
researchers, academicians, agri-business,
economists, policymakers?
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GCARD2, Uruguay-2012
agriculture is an aging and undervalued profession in many countries
and special attention must be given to encouraging young people into
careers in all aspects of AR4D.
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Steps Forward
APAARI providing new platforms forYoung Researchers as well as farmers
to attend workshops/conferences etc.
ICAR conducting the first Youth
Researchers Meet in Feb. 2012 to
understand youth role in new science
and its delivery
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Thank You
www.ypard.net
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