— 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.
The power of vegetables, in poetry
The power of vegetables, in poetry The World Vegetable Center promotes healthier lives, more resilient livelihoods through greater diversity in what we grow and eat. This it does through research and development – through science [...]
World Vegetable Center signs an MoU Equity Bank Foundation
World Vegetable Center signs an MoU Equity Bank Foundation On September 4, 2024, a significant partnership was formed between the World Vegetable Centerand the Equity Group Foundation. They signed an agreement to join forces in [...]
Taiwan Ministry of Agriculture and WorldVeg sign a Memorandum of Understanding
Taiwan Ministry of Agriculture and WorldVeg sign a Memorandum of Understanding Building on 50 years of collaboration, a new Memorandum of Understanding was signed in Taipei on 31 July 2024, by Junne-Jih Chen, Minister of [...]
Africa
Taking root – a scaling journey
Taking root - a scaling journey Story by Mwasilwa Ambali, integrated expert at the World Vegetable Center (WordVeg) in Benin A fresh start In late 2020, as COVID restrictions began to ease, I found [...]
Addressing Global Food Insecurity in Eswatini
Addressing Global Food Insecurity in Eswatini In a powerful address at the World Food Forum in Rome, His Majesty King Mswati III urged UN Member States to accelerate their efforts in tackling the pressing issue [...]
African Vegetables’ Path to the Svalbard Seed Vault
African Vegetables’ Path to the Svalbard Seed Vault The World Vegetable Center’s Africa Vegetable Genebank sent a significant batch of accessions for safety backup to the Global Seed Vault in Svalbard this October 2024. This [...]
WorldVeg’s Offices in Africa: 📍 Eastern & Southern Africa Office – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Dry Regions) – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Humid Regions)
Asia
The 41 st International Vegetable Training Course successfully concludes
The 41 st International Vegetable Training Course successfully concludes The World Vegetable Center in partnership with Kasetsart University, recently hosted the 41st International Vegetable Training Course (IVTC) on Vegetable Breeding for the Tropics. This [...]
Advancing the future of mungbean breeding: Insights from the IMIN workshop 2024
Advancing the future of mungbean breeding: Insights from the IMIN workshop 2024 The International Mungbean Improvement Network (IMIN) hosted its 2024 Workshop at World Vegetable Center – South and Central Asia in Hyderabad, [...]
WorldVeg Team’s strategic visit to India paves the way for future growth
WorldVeg Team's strategic visit to Indiapaves the way for future growth During a pivotal visit to India, Marco Wopereis, Director General from the HQ of the World Vegetable Center, along with Aravazhi Selvaraj, India Country [...]
WorldVeg’s Offices in Asia: 📍 Headquarters in Taiwan – 📍 South & Central Asia Office – 📍 East & Southeast Asia Office
Latin America / Caribbean
Promoting proficiency for breeding new vegetable varieties in the Americas
Promoting proficiency for breeding new vegetable varieties in the Americas With the support of the Government of Taiwan, WorldVeg began a project in 2021 with a major focus on developing a vegetable network [...]
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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.