— 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.
WorldVeg’s 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
FRESHer vegetables in Tanzania
FRESHer vegetables in Tanzania Between January and May 2023, FRESH activities reached 1,585 people including 745 women, 20 village and ward leaders, and 15 government extension staff. The Fruits and Vegetables for [...]
Africa Vegetable Breeding Consortium annual workshop
Africa Vegetable Breeding Consortium annual workshop The Africa Vegetable Breeding Consortium (AVBC) was established in 2018 as an initiative of the World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) and the African Seed Trade Association (AFSTA). [...]
Bringing back traditional African vegetables in Eswatini
New publication Bringing back traditional African vegetables in Eswatini. Healthier meals from farmers’ fields. Sharing seeds for local and global needs. Bringing back traditional African vegetables in Eswatini. Healthier meals from farmers’ [...]
WorldVeg’s Offices in Africa: 📍 Eastern & Southern Africa Office – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Dry Regions) – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Humid Regions)
Asia
INTERNATIONAL MUNGBEAN CONGRESS 2024
Date: 5-7 March 2024 Venue: Maruay Garden Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand BACKGROUND Mungbean, also known as green gram is a grain legume crop cultivated over 7 million [...]
The World Vegetable Center celebrates 50 years of excellence in vegetable research and development
The World Vegetable Center celebrates 50 years of excellence in vegetable research and development The story of the World Vegetable Center (booklet)|Priorities for research and action (booklet) WorldVeg - RDA MoU signing summary [...]
“What a great internship, a stepping stone in my career” – Shanice speaks…
“What a great internship, a stepping stone in my career” – Shanice speaks… After a month advancing her studies at World Vegetable Center headquarters in Shanhua, Taiwan, on her last day, Shanice [...]
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
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.