YPARD Nepal is chapter branch of Young Professionals for Agriculture Development (YPARD) from Nepal. Presentation about YPARD Nepal by Aksana Dallakoti on launch of national level family farming photo contest.

1. Aksana Dallakoti
YPARD Member
YPARD Nepal Family farming Photo Contest
August 12th 2014
www.ypard.net
YPARD Nepal prospective

2. 9 members (+20 volunteers)
Members from universities, research organizations, NGO,
etc.
Regular and active communication between 9 members
Ways of communication
 Google group (ypardnepal@googlegroups.com),
 Google email (ypardnepal@gmail.com) and
 Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/ypardnepal)
Two local representatives (Madhu and Madan) worked as
Social Media Intern and Web4Knowledge Intern
Working group: Overview

3. YPARD Cafe and YPARD Awareness Program
Technical Knowledge Sharing for undergraduates
Effective interaction with CGIAR from CRP1.1 South Asia
Regional Work Plan Meeting
Workshop on Engaging Youth in Research and
Development—Li-Bird
Easy to share our motives in university level students
ICTs, good source to attract more youth
Regular follow up processes
Major activities and lesson learned

4. Promotion of YPARD in Nepalese agricultural universities
Increased membership and active contributions to the
website
Linkage with universities & research organizations via
focal persons
Variety of publication materials in line of YPARD theme
Recognition in national level
Lack of trust with collaborative/ funding bodies
Mentorship
Major successes and challenges

5. More collaboration, more visibility
Started mushroom cultivation
Feature successful farmer’s story/ youth of the month
National Level Photo Competition on Family Farming
National level Youth Forum on Agriculture and Forest
Based Entrepreneurship Development
Focused areas in past/present/
future

6. Sign up on ypard.net
Join Facebook & linkedin group, follow on twitter
Share your ideas through blog post
Involve in YPARD Nepal programs
Thank you
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