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New varieties for Central Asia

The 2015 Catalogue of Released and Promising Vegetable and Legume Varieties for Central Asia and the Caucasus offers a look at 98 improved varieties developed from AVRDC germplasm in collaboration with research institutions and universities in the Regional Network for Vegetable Systems Research and Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus. Crops include tomato, hot and sweet pepper, eggplant, mungbean, vegetable soybean, yard-long bean, pea, cucumber, vegetable marrow, custard squash, Chinese leafy cabbage, lettuce, celery, and basil.

Brassica2016-10-22T04:51:23+00:00August 11, 2015|Categories: Central & West Asia and North Africa, In Brief|Tags: Central Asia and the Caucasus, improved varieties, seed|

AGROW Awards

The 2015 Standard Chartered AGROW Awards took note of the outstanding work of AVRDC partners and participating farmers in a ceremony on 2 August 2015 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The prestigious nationwide award promotes agricultural innovators and contributions to the sector in seven categories. BRAC, an NGO in Bangladesh and a partner with AVRDC and the International Potato Center (CIP) in the USAID Horticulture Project, received the “Best Associated Organisation in Support and Execution” award. Lal Teer Seed Ltd., which has worked with AVRDC researchers on several initiatives, was awarded as the “Best Associated Organisation in Innovation and Research.” The awards go to individuals as well as organizations: Two farmers participating in the USAID Horticulture Project received awards: Reshma Begum, Mohirn Village, Bagharpara Upazilla, Jessore District, for her sweetpotato nursery, and Bellal Hossain, Laxmipur Village, Bagharpara Upazilla, Jessore District, for his work in tomato production. Matia Chowdhury, Minister of Agriculture, presented the awards.

Brassica2015-08-11T06:21:42+00:00August 11, 2015|Categories: In Brief, South and Central Asia|Tags: AGROW Awards, BRAC, USAID|

AVRDC opens office at ICIPE

AVRDC opened its first office in Kenya in June at the ICIPE Headquarters in Nairobi. On 6th July, AVRDC's Regional Project Coordinator of the Homegarden Scaling Project, Ralph Roothaert, and the AVRDC Kenya Site Coordinator, Charles Onyango, met with the Director General of ICIPE, Segenet Kelemu, at the ICIPE campus to acknowledge this important milestone. AVRDC has launched the project on home garden scaling in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to combat malnutrition among children and young women. Having Charles based at ICIPE will greatly facilitate collaboration between the two institutes.

Brassica2016-10-22T04:51:24+00:00July 30, 2015|Categories: Eastern and Southern Africa, In Brief|Tags: Eastern and Southern Africa, home gardens, icipe, Kenya|

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.

Brassica2016-10-22T04:51:25+00:00July 24, 2015|Categories: In Brief|Tags: Japan, Myanmar, projects, Vietnam|

ICIMOD awarded Humanitarian GIS Award

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has been awarded a ‘Humanitarian GIS Award’ at the 2015 International User Conference of the Environmental System Research Institute (Esri) in San Diego, California. Esri President Jack Dangermond said ICIMOD was recognized for its contribution to the disaster response efforts of the Government of Nepal in the aftermath of the recent earthquake in the country. ICIMOD is a member of the Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture (AIRCA).

Brassica2015-07-29T03:29:02+00:00July 20, 2015|Categories: In Brief|Tags: ICIMOD|

AVRDC in Nature

The 11 June 2015 issue of the science journal Nature featured and extensive report on indigenous vegetable crops in Africa. AVRDC's Andreas Ebert and Fekadu Dinssa were among those interviewed for the article, "Super Vegetables."

Brassica2016-10-22T04:51:40+00:00June 15, 2015|Categories: In Brief|Tags: Africa, traditional vegetables|