42nd INTERNATIONAL VEGETABLE TRAINING COURSE
The World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) is now accepting applications for its 42nd International Vegetable Training Course (IVTC):
Course Title: Safe Vegetable Production
Course aim: To give participants hands-on experience in safe vegetable production techniques.
- Process of developing GAP standards using a case study approach
- Diseases of vegetables and their management related to GAP standards
- Principles of regenerative agriculture for better soil health in vegetable production
- Effective Microorganisms (EM) in promoting safe and sustainable vegetable production
- Vegetable grafting and their management
- Sustainable soil fertility management
- Intergrated pest management for key vegetable crops
- Sucess story: Royal Project Foundation
Training method: The course is taught by experts from the World Vegetable Center, Kasetsart University, and Royal Project Foundation and Kyusei Nature Farming Center. The language of instruction will be in English. It will be a blend of classroom lectures, hands-on exercises, and excursions to vegetable production site and to farmers who are following GAP and organic standards.
Training Duration: 8 – 19 September 2025
Training fee: US$ 2,500
Accommodation: Participants will be accommodated in the Saen Palm Training Home at Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus. Rooms have an air conditioner, refrigerator, TV and Internet.
For queries, email
ivtc@worldveg.org
IVTC website
IVTC brochure
RESEARCH AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Research partnerships and training for professional development are important parts of the Center’s work. We provide research opportunities for scientists at Center headquarters in Taiwan and at regional offices in Asia and Africa. Training opportunities for extension workers and farmers are provided mainly through our regional, sub-regional and liaison offices.
Before you start the application form, please make sure you have the required application documents scanned as .pdf files and ready to upload:
- your latest degree, or an official transcript of academic records
- bio-data page of your passport or National ID
- signed letter of sponsorship (self or scholarship): Download the sponsorship form
Please note: only fully documented applications will be considered.
For further clarification, please contact training@worldveg.org
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
New scientists and trainees
The World Vegetable Center provides opportunities for new scientists such as Master’s or PhD students and trainees such as undergraduates to either complete their theses or gain experience by participating in one of the Center’s ongoing research programs. Most come for 3 to 6 months and their expenses are paid by their employers, donors or themselves. While doing their research work they obtain practical skills to develop their scientific careers. These have included screening vegetable varieties for diseases, using molecular tools in breeding, developing natural pest control methods, analyzing nutritional properties of vegetables, vegetable value chain analysis, gender in vegetable value chains, adoption of vegetable technologies, etc.
The Center does not grant degrees, but collaborates with universities in many countries to make its facilities and expertise available to scholars interested in tropical vegetable research.
Please fill out the online application form to pursue training at the World Vegetable Center. The Center’s Training Coordinator will endeavor to match your interests with the appropriate Center scientist to negotiate a suitable training program.
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
Experienced researchers
The World Vegetable Center aims to improve nutrition and reduce poverty in developing countries through vegetable research and development. Major research programs are conducted at Center headquarters in Shanhua, Taiwan. To enhance its outreach efforts, the Center has established regional centers in Tanzania, Mali, India and Thailand, as well as several global research networks.
The Center offers many opportunities for scientists to participate in its research and development (R&D) programs. Through these opportunities the Center is developing a team of well-trained, highly motivated scientists engaged in vegetable research, extension, policy formulation, and production. These training opportunities also provide the Center with a means of strengthening its R&D capacity in critical areas.