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President of African Development Bank Wins 2017 World Food Prize

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, was announced as the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate at a ceremony at the U.S. Department of Agriculture on 26 June 2017. Awarded by the World Food Prize Foundation, the $250,000 prize honors Nigerian Dr. Adesina for his leading role over the past two decades in significantly expanding food production in Nigeria, introducing initiatives to exponentially increase the availability of credit for smallholder farmers across the African continent, and galvanizing the political will to transform African agriculture. The African Development Bank is financing the TAAT (Technology for African Agricultural Transformation) initiative, in which WorldVeg is a participating institution.

Brassica2017-06-27T00:05:56+00:00June 26, 2017|Categories: In Brief|

Partnership with MIT’s CITE

In partnership with MIT D-Lab, the World Vegetable Center, and Mercy Corps, MIT’s Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation (CITE) will evaluate vegetable storage technologies in Mali designed to function without the use of electricity where power is either not accessible or not affordable. CITE will focus on measuring technical capabilities through sensor data, as well as conducting interviews and examining the cost effectiveness of each option. -- MORE --

Brassica2017-06-09T06:00:13+00:00April 7, 2017|Categories: In Brief|Tags: MIT|

Prize-winning photo promotes home gardens, seed saving in Tanzania

A photograph of home gardener Bibi Mwanaidi and her grandson with African nightshade seeds Mwanaidi harvested from her garden in Tanzania claimed second place in the Feed the Future 2017 photo contest. Photographer Rhiannon O'Sullivan, a communications volunteer from Australian Volunteers International who worked at WorldVeg Eastern and Southern Africa in Arusha, Tanzania in 2016, took the photo.

Brassica2017-02-27T00:19:24+00:00February 27, 2017|Categories: Eastern and Southern Africa, In Brief|Tags: Eastern and Southern Africa, Feed the Future, home gardens, Tanzania|

New AIRCA chair

Professor Sayed Azam-Ali has been elected as the new chair of the Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture (AIRCA) for the 2017 - 2018 term. AIRCA is a nine-member alliance focused on increasing global food security by supporting smallholder agriculture within healthy, sustainable and climate-smart landscapes. The World Vegetable Center is one of the founding members of the organization.

Brassica2017-02-15T03:23:59+00:00February 15, 2017|Categories: In Brief|Tags: AIRCA, FEB2017|

New directors: Deputy Director General – Research and Regional Director for West and Central Africa

Dr. David W. Johnson from the United States of America is the Center’s new Deputy Director General - Research. Dr. Mamadou Kabirou Ndiaye, a Malian national, is the Center’s new Regional Director for West and Central Africa. -- MORE --

Brassica2017-02-16T05:59:20+00:00January 30, 2017|Categories: Articles, In Brief, JAN2017|Tags: DDG-R, JAN2017, new staff, West and Central Africa|

APSA and WorldVeg sign agreement

The Asia and Pacific Seed Association (APSA) and the World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) signed an agreement on 7 December 2016 in Bangkok for the development and testing of new climate-versatile tomatoes, peppers and cucurbits. The “APSA and World Vegetable Center Consortium” agreement was signed by APSA Executive Director Heidi Gallant and WorldVeg Director General Marco Wopereis. Representatives of leading seed and plant breeding enterprises, including Chia Tai, Lion Seeds, Dynamic Seeds, EastWest Seed and Kasetsart University attended the signing. -- MORE --

Brassica2017-02-16T05:59:21+00:00January 25, 2017|Categories: Articles, East and Southeast Asia, In Brief, JAN2017, Latest News|Tags: JAN2017|

WorldVeg staffer wins postharvest award

WorldVeg Eastern and Southern Africa Postharvest Research Associate/Nutritionist Roseline Marealle recently received the 2016 Kader Award for Postharvest Training from the Postharvest Education Foundation. The foundation presents the award to an outstanding graduate e-learner or a team of e-learners after the successful completion of a year of training on commodity systems assessment, small-scale postharvest handling practices, postharvest demonstration design, postharvest training program design, and cost/benefit analysis. -- MORE --

Brassica2017-02-16T06:01:32+00:00January 9, 2017|Categories: Articles, Eastern and Southern Africa, In Brief, JAN2017|Tags: JAN2017, postharvest|

Project Manager, Mali

Omar Diouf is the new Project Manager for the Mali Horticulture Scaling Project. Dr. Diouf, a Senegalese national, holds a PhD degree in plant physiology and agrotechnology from the University of Brussels, Belgium.

Brassica2017-01-25T05:07:50+00:00December 2, 2016|Categories: In Brief|Tags: new staff|

Honored by Queen and Country

Dr. Dyno Keatinge, former Director General of the World Vegetable Center, will receive an MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for his “services to tropical agriculture and the reduction of both poverty and malnutrition in the developing world,” the British Foreign Office announced on December 31, 2016. He was recommended for the award for his work with the world’s foremost research and development institution for the improvement of vegetables. -- MORE --

Brassica2017-01-26T00:58:55+00:00December 1, 2016|Categories: Articles, In Brief|Tags: awards, Keatinge, MBE|

Colors to honor the King

The World Vegetable Center, in collaboration with the Tropical Vegetable Research Center at Kasetsart University, will provide 250 seed kits and books to local farmers in remembrance of the late H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The kits will contribute towards his majesty's "New Theory in Agriculture" by providing high-quality vegetable seeds to create self-reliant farmers. Each kit contains 9 species of 7 different colors (with 7 unique nutrient profiles) to produce a beautiful, health-promoting garden, as well as a book on how to save the seed of each species.

Brassica2016-12-01T04:51:12+00:00November 22, 2016|Categories: East and Southeast Asia, In Brief|Tags: colors, nutrition, seed kits|