Yemi Adeyeye

Director
Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD)

Yemi Adeyeye is the Director of the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD). For a decade, Yemi’s experience has cut across roles with INGOs, management of multi-stakeholder initiatives including youth programs and interdisciplinary research activities focusing on the intersections of power, people and spaces in landscapes (forests, water and agro-systems) governance. Yemi’s portfolio covers experiences in Africa, Europe, America, Asia and the Pacific. Yemi holds a PhD in multi-scalar and participatory aspects of resource governance, from the University of British Columbia, Canada.