GIZ assists the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation. The organization offers demand-driven, tailor-made and effective services for sustainable development.

GIZ supports AVRDC’s research on bitter gourd; reducing crop losses from the legume pod borer (Maruca vitrata) in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa; integrated pest management to control aphids on vegetables in sub-Saharan Africa; strengthening vegetable value chains in the humid tropics; developing begomovirus-resistant tomato, pepper and mungbean for tropical Asia; tospovirus and thrips management for smallholder vegetable farmers in eastern Africa; urban and peri-urban vegetable production systems in Bangkok, Thailand; and indigenous vegetable seed germination.

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