40th INTERNATIONAL VEGETABLE TRAINING COURSE
The World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) is now accepting applications for its 40th International Vegetable Training Course (IVTC):
Course Title: Safe Vegetable Production
Course aim: To give participants hands-on experience in safe vegetable production techniques.
- Good Agriculture Practice for vegetable crops (GAP certification)
- Process of developing GAP standards using a case study approach
- Diseases of vegetables and their management related to GAP standard
- A global perspective on disease management of safe vegetable production
- Principles of regenerative agriculture for better soil health in vegetable production
- Sustainable soil fertility management
- Major nematode diseases of vegetables and their management
- Use of protected cultivation for vegetable crops
- Integrated pest management for key vegetable crops
- Postharvest management and processing
Training method: The course is taught by experts from Kasetsart University, and the Department of Agriculture (Thailand), and the World Vegetable Center. The language of instruction will be English.
Training Duration: November 13–24, 2023
Course fee: US$ 2,500
Training Venue:Â World Vegetable Center Research and Training Station in Kamphaeng Saen, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
The 40th IVTC will be organized in collaboration with Kasetsart University at Kasetsart University, Thailand.
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.