Young VINESA farmers learn enhanced crop management practices, how to diversify production, and ways to improve value chain effectiveness to increase their market returns. --MORE--
Rebecca Zwart, Senior Research Fellow (Crop Nemotology) and five members from the Nematology Group, University of Southern Queensland, Australia visited WorldVeg South Asia on 1 February 2017 to learn about the Center's work in screening mungbean lines for resistance to root-lesion nematodes.
The Horticulture Innovation Lab, Kasetsart University, and WorldVeg East and Southeast Asia in Thailand hosted a vegetable grafting workshop on 22-23 February 2017 for 30 participants from the private seed and nursery sector from Thailand, Cambodia, India, and Lao PDR. --MORE--
This beautiful bitter gourd comes from good stock: Both parental lines of hybrid ‘NBH-FIGO’ recently released by Noble Seeds were bred by the World Vegetable Center. --MORE--
The world’s largest drought conference highlighted the global importance of the World Vegetable Center’s contributions to improving the ability of mungbean to cope with drought and heat stress. --MORE--
Farm Radio International (FRI) organized its first study tour to Tanzania this month and as part of the tour, a team of 15 participants led by Executive Director Kevin Perkins and Country Director Japhet Sarakikya, visited WorldVeg Eastern and Southern Africa to discuss current joint activities with WorldVeg and to plan future collaborations.
Can a cultivar valued for its high yields of tasty leaves also be a good seed producer? --MORE--
A new World Vegetable Center tomato with strong natural defenses against several common pests could affect global production of this popular crop. --MORE--
WorldVeg is testing new approaches to deliver nutrition information to smallholder farmers through seed companies, NGOs, and government extension. -MORE-
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