— 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
A step forward in turning ‘forgotten foods’ into ‘opportunity crops’
A step forward in turning ‘forgotten foods’ into ‘opportunity crops’ Interview with Lead author Maarten van Zonneveld The prestigious scientific journal, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), announced the winners [...]
A Sustainable Agrifood Systems Approach for Sudan (SASAS): Vegetables for Income, Nutrition and Employment in Sudan (VINES), 2022-2024
A Sustainable Agrifood Systems Approach for Sudan (SASAS) A Sustainable Agrifood Systems Approach for Sudan (SASAS): Vegetables for Income, Nutrition and Employment in Sudan (VINES), 2022-2024 Funder: USAID Project lead: CIMMYT [...]
A giant leap forward for the conservation of vegetable biodiversity in Africa
A giant leap forward for the conservation of vegetable biodiversity in Africa - two new genebanks inaugurated in March 2024, in Tanzania and Eswatini With support from the Taiwan Africa Vegetable Initiative, two [...]
WorldVeg’s Offices in Africa: 📍 Eastern & Southern Africa Office – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Dry Regions) – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Humid Regions)
Asia
Climate resilient technologies for more safer vegetables in northeastern India
Climate resilient technologies for more safer vegetables in northeastern India The geographical diversity of northeastern India translates into a wide range of agricultural practices, as farmers adapt to the varying terrain. From [...]
Bitter gourd bounty – second of a series on our wonderful world of vegetables
Bitter gourd bounty – second of a series on our wonderful world of vegetables This tells the story of the bitter gourd, from its origins in Africa and its spread to Asia [...]
Overcoming adversity with onion cultivation in Odisha, India
Overcoming adversity with onion cultivation in Odisha, India A remarkable new farming activity has taken root in Odisha, with a growing number of farmers having enthusiastically embraced onion cultivation. In 2017, a [...]
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.