latest news West and Central Africa – Coastal and Humid Regions
Increasing production and reducing postharvest losses of onion in Nigeria
Training is the first step in changing onion production and storage practices in Nigeria
Traditional vegetables capture attention in Cotonou
Visitors to the WorldVeg office in Benin find vegetable crops thriving in the Demonstration Garden.
Visiting the World Vegetable Center’s newest office
Partners and donors are beginning to take notice of WorldVeg West and Central Africa – Coastal & Humid Regions in Cotonou, Benin.
WorldVeg activities in Cameroon attract the interest of neighboring countries
The experience of WorldVeg in Cameroon has sparked interest for an initiative to build seed systems in the Central African Republic.
Mungbean makes news from West Africa to Australia
Mungbean has long been a popular crop in Asia, but other parts of the world are beginning to take greater notice of this nutritious legume.
Traditional African vegetables go commercial in Cameroon
There’s big demand for African nightshade in Foumbot and beyond -- especially for a WorldVeg line called 'Bafoussam 1'.
New office established in Benin
Cotonou, Benin -- The World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) signed an agreement today with the Benin Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFAC) to establish a regional office in the country to serve the horticulture sector in coastal West Africa. The signing took place at MFAC headquarters in Cotonou, where MFAC Secretary General, Ambassador Marc Hermanne Araba signed the agreement with WorldVeg Director General Marco Wopereis. The new office—World Vegetable Center West and Central Africa – Coastal and Humid Regions—is the Center’s fifth regional base worldwide and its third in Africa. It is located on the campus of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Abomey-Calavi, Benin.
Cameroon parliamentarians seek support for research
Impressed by what he learned from a prior visit with the WorldVeg team, the President of Cameroon asked ten parliamentarians from the north and far north regions of the country to visit WorldVeg activities in Yaoundé on July 7.
High quality onion production begins with high quality onion seed
Onion seed production is a challenging endeavor, but farmers in Cameroon are successfully producing certified seed with the guidance of the World Vegetable Center and PADFA (Projet d'Appui au Developpement Des Filieres Agricoles).
Cameroon’s professional onion seed producers
The World Vegetable Center Liaison Office in Cameroon organized an onion field day in the North region of Cameroon at Baila on 21 February 2017 in collaboration with the Commodity Value-Chain Development Support Project (PADFA). -- MORE --