CURRENT PROJECTS
Onion Value Chain Improvements in Odisha State-Phase 2
ACIAR PIC more Veg Onion Value Chain Improvements in Odisha State-Phase 2  Funder: Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)Implementing Organizations: World Vegetable Center & Directorate of Horticulture, Odisha, Department of Agriculture & Farmers' Empowerment, Government of IndiaDuration: 2023 – 2025Project location: Odisha, IndiaProject manager: Dr.Sujayasree OJBackgroundAgriculture forms [...]
ACIAR PIC more Veg
ACIAR PIC more Veg Driving vegetable food environments to promote healthy diets in Pacific Island Countries Funder: Australian Centre for International Research (ACIAR) Project partners: Dikoda (Dikoda.com), Consumer Council of Fiji (CCOF) (consumersfiji.org) Duration: 7 April 2023 – 31 December 2024 Project location:  Fiji [...]
OneCGIAR Resilient Cities
OneCGIAR Resilient Cities Resilient Cities Through Sustainable Urban and Peri-urban Agrifood Systems Donor: OneCGIAR through IITADuration: April 1, 2022 – December 31, 2025Project Location: Bangladesh, Philippines (focus of the work), Kenya and EthiopiaProject manager: Pepijn SchreinemachersProblems to be addressedBy 2050, more than two in three people on the planet will live in an urban environment, [...]
AIDI Zanzibar
AIDI Zanzibar Accelerate Innovation Delivery Initiative – A Rapid Agriculture and Food Security Response Funder: USAID Project leads: IFDC, CIMMYT Partners: Zanzibar Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI), Milele Foundation, Practical Permaculture Institute of Zanzibar (PPIZ) Start date: 1 January 2023 End date: 31 December 2024 [...]
COA Cambodia – Scaling
COA Cambodia – Scaling Strengthening safe and off-season vegetable production in Cambodia-Scaling Start date: 1 January 2022 End date: 31 December 2024 Domestic vegetable production in Cambodia supplies only 38 kg per person per year, far below what is consumed, so the country relies [...]
WFP Mali Resilience
WFP Mali Resilience A contribution of the World Vegetable Center to the Action Plan for Building Resilience 2020-2024 of the World Food Program Mali Start date: 21 September 2022 End date: 31 January 2024 Smallholder farmers and consumers in Mali encounter serious challenges in [...]
Better Bitter Gourd
Better Bitter Gourd Growing new markets with better bitter gourd genetics: WorldVeg's monoecious, gynoecious and predominantly female lines of different market segments developed through recurrent selection to breed breakthrough hybirds Start date: 1 February 2023End date: 31 January 2025Jointly funded by 35 private seed companies, this program [...]
TAsVI – Taiwan – Southeast Asia Vegetable Germplasm Initiative
TAsVI - Taiwan – Southeast Asia Vegetable Germplasm Initiative Seed Home-coming Start date: 1 September 2022 End date: 31 December 2024 The TAsVI project aims to strengthen international collaboration to rescue and safeguard vegetable biodiversity in Asia for climate resilient and healthy food systems. [...]
Evaluation of genetic resources for the development of pepper Phytophthora blight-resistant varieties and selection of eco-friendly disease control materials
 Increasing understanding of resistance genes in different locations.Â
AGROVEG Project
AGROVEG aim to Intensify Agroecological-Based Cropping Systems to Enhance Food Security, Environmental Safety, and Income of Smallholder Producers of Crucifers and Traditional African Vegetables in East Africa.