— Healthier lives, more resilient livelihoods through greater diversity in what we grow and eat —
Our Featured Projects
Engaging women and youth in vegetable production and distribution networks to close the ‘vegetable gap’ and improve livelihoods and nutrition in Ethiopia and Kenya.
Sustainable and climate-smart agricultural and post-harvest practices to increase vegetable consumption in urban and peri-urban areas of West Africa.
Conserve and use African vegetable biodiversity to address malnutrition by increasing the production and consumption of nutritious vegetables.
The World’s Largest Public Vegetable Genebank
The World Vegetable Center genebank maintains a large collection of public domain germplasm for the current and future use of all humankind. We distribute seed samples of our germplasm accessions and advanced breeding lines worldwide.
With 65,152 accessions encompassing germplasm of 133 genera and 330 species from 155 countries, the World Vegetable Center genebank includes globally important vegetables such as tomato, onion, peppers and cabbage as well as more than 10,000 accessions of traditional vegetables.
Each year the Center distributes about 10,000 seed samples to researchers across the globe. Over the past four decades this has led to the release of hundreds of new vegetable varieties with particular impact in developing countries.
Global presence and impact
Center researchers lead and participate in projects throughout Asia and Africa. We have about 400 staff engaged in this spread of activities, and seek to partner with governments, nongovernmental organizations, universities, research institutes, and the private sector to promote prosperity for the poor and health for all.
Africa
Tomato and pepper market segments identified for eastern and western Africa
Tomato and pepper market segments identified for eastern and western Africa Tomato and pepper are very important cash crops for many tens of thousands of farmers across Africa, and for decades the World Vegetable Center [...]
New manual for agroecological production of vegetables in Kenya
New manual for agroecological production of vegetables in Kenya This training manual is a product that builds on half a century of experience of the World Vegetable Center and partners in promoting safe [...]
Reducing postharvest losses with simple cool boxes in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Reducing postharvest losses with simple cool boxes in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania WorldVeg, in collaboration with Wageningen University and Research, introduced cool boxes to traders in Moshi central market in April 2024 along with complementary [...]
WorldVeg’s Offices in Africa: 📍 Eastern & Southern Africa Office – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Dry Regions) – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Humid Regions)
Asia
More news on advances in mungbean research and development
More news on advances in mungbean research and development The 11th edition of Mung Central is now available - a newsletter focusing entirely on the work of the International Mungbean Improvement Network (IMIN). [...]
Reducing risks of an absoluta disaster for tomato producers in Southeast Asia
Reducing risks of an absoluta disaster for tomato producers in Southeast Asia The South American tomato leaf miner, Phthorimaea [Tuta] absoluta, is a very serious insect pest of tomatoes in both open field [...]
Innovations for increasing off-season vegetable production in Cambodia
Innovations for increasing off-season vegetable production in Cambodia Keo Noem tells of how she has seen an almost 50% increase in yields from her family farm in Thlouk Damnakloung village, Takeo province. She [...]
WorldVeg’s Offices in Asia: 📍 Headquarters in Taiwan – 📍 South & Central Asia Office – 📍 East & Southeast Asia Office
Latin America / Caribbean
Growth Habit
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WorldVeg’s Donors
Support for World Vegetable Center activities is provided by project donors and the following long-term strategic donors.
Thanks to UK aid from the UK government, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), the governments of Taiwan, Germany, Thailand, the Philippines, South Korea and Japan.