Headquarters
Overview
Adjacent to the Southern Taiwan Science Park, just south of Shanhua, Tainan City in southern Taiwan, the World Vegetable Center headquarters campus covers a 117-hectare area containing research fields, laboratories, glasshouses, administration buildings and accommodation for international staff, students and guests.
Most of the Center’s experimental work is conducted at headquarters, where approximately two-thirds of our staff are based.
HEADQUARTERS UPDATE
New report shows the benefits of public-private partnerships for promoting the sharing of improved vegetable varieties in Asia
New report shows the benefits of public-private partnerships for promoting the sharing of improved vegetable varieties in Asia [Download here] This new report documents progress of increasing impacts of the Asia and [...]
Accelerating the development of climate-resilient vegetable varieties with a new ‘speed breeding’ facility
Accelerating the development of climate-resilient vegetable varieties with a new ‘speed breeding’ facility The World Vegetable Center has established a cutting-edge, state-of-the-art ‘speed breeding’ facility for pepper and tomato breeding at its headquarters [...]
Guaranteeing good food on our plates, tomorrow and forever—Inaugurating the newly modernized International Vegetable Genebank
Guaranteeing good food on our plates, tomorrow and forever—Inaugurating the newly modernized International Vegetable Genebank Genetic diversity is essential to achieving global food and nutrition security. On 31 March 31 2025, WorldVeg celebrated [...]
A study in Fiji shows that a quarter of households can’t afford healthy vegetables
A study in Fiji shows that a quarter of households can’t afford healthy vegetables At the end of March 2025, the World Vegetable Center, in collaboration with the Consumer Council of Fiji and [...]
World Vegetable Center
P.O. Box 42
Shanhua, Tainan 74199, Taiwan
Street address:
60 Yi-Min Liao
Shanhua, Tainan 74151, Taiwan
Tel: +886-(0)-6-583-7801
Fax: +886-(0)-6-583-0009