Spicing up global agriculture: WorldVeg pepper breeder Derek Barchenger wins 2025 Borlaug Field Award

Spicing up global agriculture: WorldVeg pepper breeder Derek Barchenger wins 2025 Borlaug Field Award 

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Neil Palmer2025-08-13T10:51:04+00:00August 12, 2025|Categories: Global, Latest News|Tags: award, barchenger, borlaug, breeder, crop, pepper, World Food Prize|

SAFEGUARDING AND SHARING SEEDS — A new vegetable genebank for Africa

SAFEGUARDING AND SHARING SEEDS
A new vegetable genebank for Africa

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Angel Jeng2025-09-25T01:45:39+00:00August 8, 2025|Categories: Eastern and Southern Africa, Latest News|Tags: genebank, seed, TAVI, traditional African vegetables|

MEETING NEEDS — The Taiwan Africa Vegetable Initiative (TAVI)

MEETING NEEDS — The Taiwan Africa Vegetable Initiative (TAVI)

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Angel Jeng2025-08-07T05:19:10+00:00August 7, 2025|Categories: Eastern and Southern Africa, Latest News|Tags: genebank, mobile kitchen, nutrition, Taiwan, TAVI|

Taiwan’s newest chilies turn down the burn – without dialing back the flavor

Taiwan’s newest chilies turn down the burn – without dialing back the flavor

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Angel Jeng2025-08-05T01:13:44+00:00August 5, 2025|Categories: Headquarters, Latest News|Tags: breeding, nutrition, pepper, Taiwan|

Accelerating Success: New tomato project puts seed companies in pole position

Accelerating Success: New tomato project puts seed companies in pole position

Vibrant tomatoes […]

Angel Jeng2025-08-04T08:55:29+00:00August 4, 2025|Categories: East and Southeast Asia, Headquarters, Latest News|Tags: APSA, breeding, tomato|

Beneficial biota or bugs of burden? The microbial dilemma at the heart of seed conservation

Beneficial biota or bugs of burden?
The microbial dilemma at the heart of seed conservation

OPINION

By Abdul Shango

Research Associate – […]

Angel Jeng2025-09-25T01:45:59+00:00August 4, 2025|Categories: Eastern and Southern Africa, Latest News|Tags: conservation, foodsecurity, fungus, genebank, Microbiome, nutrition, okra, onehealth, seed, soilhealth, soybean, worldveg|

Across continents

Across continents

Pratices of urban farming

From World Vegetable Center Annual Report […]

Angel Jeng2025-08-04T06:13:39+00:00August 4, 2025|Categories: Global, Latest News|Tags: Annual report 2024, impact, research activities|

Ready, set, grow! NASA-pioneered research accelerates chili breeding

Ready, set, grow!
NASA-pioneered research accelerates chili breeding

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Angel Jeng2025-09-25T01:46:12+00:00August 3, 2025|Categories: Headquarters, Latest News|Tags: conservation, foodsecurity, fungus, genebank, Microbiome, nutrition, okra, onehealth, seed, soilhealth, soybean, worldveg|

Tomato breeding innovations

Tomato breeding innovations

WorldVeg Tomato Breeder, Dr Assaf Eybishitz

Tomatoes are the single […]

Angel Jeng2025-08-01T02:11:22+00:00August 1, 2025|Categories: Global, Latest News|Tags: Annual report 2024, APSA, AVBC, breeding, tomato|

Applications Open: PhD Research Fellowship in Agroecology at the World Vegetable Center

Applications Open: PhD Research Fellowship in Agroecology at the World Vegetable Center

The […]

Angel Jeng2025-07-09T07:22:46+00:00July 9, 2025|Categories: Headquarters, Latest News|Tags: agroecology, PhD, research fellowship|