Science and innovation for enhanced vegetable production and consumption in a rapidly changing world
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.
Transforming urban food systems to support healthy diets and resilient livelihoods – A new WorldVeg infobrief
Transforming urban food systems to support healthy diets and resilient livelihoods - A new WorldVeg infobrief (Download the infobrief here) The world’s population is on track to reach 9.6 billion people [...]
Vegetable interventions as a humanitarian response: Best practice guidelines and assessment tool
Vegetable interventions as a humanitarian response: Best practice guidelines and assessment tool (Download the report here) These guidelines were developed for humanitarian practitioners engaged in emergency and recovery programs with a vegetable production component. [...]
Priorities for research and action – a new WorldVeg brief
Priorities for research and action – a new WorldVeg brief Download brief here This eight-page brief summarizes what WorldVeg does, and why. It introduces the problem, and the key role of [...]
Africa
Vegetable business networks empower women and youth: a new report highlights lessons from East Africa
Vegetable business networks empower women and youth: a new report highlights lessons from East Africa Vegetable production and marketing offer a viable avenue for women and youth in East Africa to generate income [...]
New guide for vegetable seed certification in Djibouti｜Nouveau guide pour la certification des semences de cultures maraîchères à Djibouti
New guide for vegetable seed certification in Djibouti｜Nouveau guide pour la certification des semences de cultures maraîchères à Djibouti Download here Seeds play a key role in improving crop yields, disseminating [...]
Vegetable gardening transforms lives for displaced people in Ethiopia
Vegetable gardening transforms lives for displaced people in Ethiopia Recent conflicts in Ethiopia forced many to move, seeking safety away from their homes. Settling in camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs), they face hardships [...]
WorldVeg’s Offices in Africa: 📍 Eastern & Southern Africa Office – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Dry Regions) – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Humid Regions)
Asia
Strengthening capacities for the identification and management of vegetable pests and diseases
Strengthening capacities for the identification and management of vegetable pests and diseases Last week, 6 June 2024, was the end of an intense eight-day advanced technical training at WorldVeg headquarters in Taiwan. It [...]
Controlling bacterial wilt in tomato in Taiwan with hybrid eggplant rootstocks
Controlling bacterial wilt in tomato in Taiwan with hybrid eggplant rootstocks Left: ungrafted tomato plants attacked by bacterial wilt, and health grafted plants (right) In Taiwan, bacterial wilt is estimated to [...]
Transforming rice fallows into fortunes in India
Transforming rice fallows into fortunes in India In Odisha state, India, there are 6.15 million hectares of farmland, with more than half devoted to rice. But after harvest and the end of the [...]
WorldVeg’s Offices in Asia: 📍 Headquarters in Taiwan – 📍 South & Central Asia Office – 📍 East & Southeast Asia Office
Latin America / Caribbean
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.
Growth Habit
Perspectives to expand your view of vegetables
MY SUCCESS
RECENT RESEARCH
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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.