EARTH students host the first YPARD conference in Costa Rica. According to the 2017 World Food Prize laureate, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina , "T he future of African youth lies in agriculture .” This can be materialized by making agriculture both profitable and "cool" for young people. Therefore there is a great need to support youth with viable initiatives to t ransform the sector from being a subsistence to a wealth-creating industry. Whereas many people think that the capital is the most important aspect when venturing into agribusiness, at EARTH University we learn that business only requires an innovative mind and ability to see opportunity gaps in daily challenges faced in our societies. Being MasterCard scholars have contributed to the development of the above skills through participating in different conferences such as Kigali Summit 2017 where, in partnership with YPARD, scholars were trained on important skills that young entrepreneurs