— 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
Strengthening skills for producing high quality vegetable seeds in Djibouti
Strengthening skills for producing high quality vegetable seeds in Djibouti The Djibouti government is increasingly prioritizing local food production to reduce its dependency on imports. But there is currently no local seed production, and in [...]
Smallholders in Ghana learn how to sustainably increase tomato yields
Smallholders in Ghana learn how to sustainably increase tomato yields Farmers were enlightened and excited about what they saw and heard during a field day on 29 February. It was a multifaceted event that aimed [...]
Use of WorldVeg breeding materials by seed companies in Africa – results of a survey
Use of WorldVeg breeding materials by seed companies in Africa – results of a survey download here This reports results from the first survey among seed company members of the Africa Vegetable Breeding Consortium (AVBC), [...]
WorldVeg’s Offices in Africa: 📍 Eastern & Southern Africa Office – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Dry Regions) – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Humid Regions)
Asia
PRESS RELEASE – Research paper on Africa’s ‘forgotten’ foods wins prestigious Cozzarelli Prize in Washington, DC
PRESS RELEASE - Research paper on Africa’s ‘forgotten’ foods wins prestigious Cozzarelli Prize in Washington, DC TAINAN CITY, TAIWAN and NAIROBI, KENYA (23 April 2024) -- An international research team led by the [...]
Saving and sharing Asian vegetable biodiversity – an international learning experience
Saving and sharing Asian vegetable biodiversity - an international learning experience Vegetables are hugely important for human nutrition, and for diverse and resilient farming systems that generate income for smallholder producers, processors and traders. [...]
Unveiling Tomato Genetics: Exploring Exclusive Lines and Adapting to India’s Agricultural Landscape
Unveiling tomato genetics: Exploring exclusive lines adapted to India's agricultural landscape In the dynamic agricultural landscape of India, the World Vegetable Center has for many years been leading a strategic mission to evaluate and [...]
WorldVeg’s Offices in Asia: 📍 Headquarters in Taiwan – 📍 South & Central Asia Office – 📍 East & Southeast Asia Office
Latin America / Caribbean
Growth Habit
Perspectives to expand your view of vegetables
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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.