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Greet, meet, speak and share
WorldVeg wrapped the year and looked ahead during the 2018 Global R & D Week
New partnership to address food and nutrition security in Asia
SEARCA and WorldVeg will be able to access each other’s networks, develop joint research programs, organize roundtable conferences, and more.
Eighth International Conference on Management of the Diamondback Moth and Other Crucifer Insect Pests
Organized by the World Vegetable Center in association with Cornell University (USA), the workshop will be held March 4-8, 2019 in Shanhua, Tainan, Taiwan. About 100 – 150 researchers worldwide are expected to participate and present research papers.
New MOU with NCKU
Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University and the World Vegetable Center are ready to work together to engage students in bioscience research to improve lives and livelihoods worldwide.
A bridge for food crops
The Crop Trust’s Pre-breeding Project links genebanks and breeding programs to develop greater diversity in crop plants. The project's eggplant and carrot teams came to WorldVeg to plan their next steps.
2018 APSA-WorldVeg Vegetable Breeding Workshop
The Asia & Pacific Seed Association (APSA)/World Vegetable Center Vegetable Breeding Consortium held its second annual workshop on 16-17 May 2018 at WorldVeg headquarters in Shanhua, Taiwan. Fifty-two participants from 32 consortium companies across the region joined 37 WorldVeg staff for discussions, intensive seminars on the Center’s breeding work and other research, and in-field evaluations of tomato, pepper, and cucurbit crops.
A safe place for seed
WorldVeg joined the celebrations for the 10th Anniversary of the Svalbard Seed Vault in Norway.
WorldVeg and Taiwan to participate in Svalbard Seed Vault 10th anniversary
More than 1000 samples of 21 vegetable species from the WorldVeg genebank are headed for storage in the global seed vault in Svalbard.
ASEAN members experience agriculture in Taiwan
Representatives from nine member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) got a closer look at the horticultural practices and policies of Taiwan during the 12th Steering Committee Meeting of the ASEAN-AVRDC Regional Network for Vegetable Research and Development (AARNET), held 23-25 May 2017 at World Vegetable Center headquarters. --MORE--