East Asia visits South Asia
Mungbean research collaboration across Asia was recently strengthened by the visit of two high-level delegations from China and Vietnam to WorldVeg South Asia in Hyderabad
Attraction in Action project promotes brassica and legume IPM in Vietnam
The Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS) organized a field day on integrated pest management (IPM) under WorldVeg’s Attraction in Action project, funded by BMZ/GIZ.
Invigorating nutrition through home gardens in Vietnam
To enhance availability of vegetables to ethnic communities (Thai, H’mong, Tay, Ede, Jo Jrai, and Kinh) in Vietnam’s Northwest and Central Highlands, the World Vegetable Center conducted six Trainer of Trainers courses and two Farmer Field Schools to create awareness about nutrition and health issues, and to help residents start home gardens and learn cultivation techniques for diverse vegetable crops. -- MORE --
New project for Southeast Asia
AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center recently received funding from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Japan for a three-year project, "Selection of tropically-adapted lines of vegetables to improve productivity of the vegetable value chain in Southeast Asia." Vietnam and Myanmar are the target countries. Project collaborators include the Fruit and Vegetable Research Institute (FAVRI), Hanoi, and the Vegetable and Fruit Research and Development Center (VFRDC): Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, Department of Agriculture (MOAI-DOA), Myanmar. This project focuses on chili pepper, pumpkin, bitter gourd and tomato, which were selected because of their commercial importance in Southeast Asia and the success of AVRDC’s tropically adapted inbred lines.
Attraction in Action
Start date: 2014
End date: 2017
Yard-long bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis) and leafy brassicas such as Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa var. […]
Beating Begomoviruses
Start date: 2012
End date: 2015
Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci)-transmitted begomovirus diseases have emerged as major constraints to the production and quality of […]
Pulling away from pesticides in the Red River Delta
Knowledge is the first step in reducing pesticide use. To promote safe crop protection strategies, AVRDC is studying the constraints farmers face in Vietnam.
Diagnosing pests and diseases
A training course on the “Diagnosis of major pests and diseases of […]
An impact assessment of AVRDC’s tomato grafting in Vietnam
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center started working on tomato grafting […]