We, young women and men farmers, representing Farmers’ Organizations as well as Rural (Youth) Associations of Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean, gathered at IFAD Headquarters in Rome (Italy) on Saturday 18 February 2012 to prepare recommendations to be addressed to Farmers’ Organizations (FOs) representatives, to IFAD and to Governments during the 2012 Farmers’ Forum and IFAD Governing Council.

Do you have an idea? Maybe to provide cheap electricity generators to the people in your town? Or have you invented a machine that would test the African soil and point farmers in the right direction on what crops to plant? If the idea is good and you are struggling to get the project off the ground, a group of young people from Benin might have the solution.

YPARD takes the opportunity of the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) 2011: Better life in rural communities with ICTs, 17 May, to sollicit any ICT4Agriculture enthusiast to join and launch discussion on the Website. www.ypard.net

For YPARD, Young Professionals'Platform on Agricultural Research for Development, ICTs are obviously one the key factors for YPs to get more into Agriculture and to be successful at it!

Take the opportunity to share your views and sensitize YPARD members on this fundamental factor! We are eager hearing from you!

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Discuss on our Forum: http://ypard.net/interact/forum/
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