— 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.
A journey of growth: Sharukh’s experience at WorldVeg
A journey of growth: Sharukh’s experience at WorldVeg My name is Sharukh Pasha Mohammed, and I am from India. I started my colorful and enriching journey at WorldVeg in February 2024, and over ten [...]
Trends and issues in the world of vegetables. An interview with Marco Wopereis, Director General of the World Vegetable Center
Trends and issues in the world of vegetables. An interview with Marco Wopereis, Director General of the World Vegetable Center Marco Wopereis responds to 16 questions set to him by Peter Batt of the International [...]
The World Vegetable Center Board meet in Benin for fruitful discussions
The World Vegetable Center Board meet in Benin for fruitful discussions On 18-22 November 2024, the 66th World Vegetable Center Board meeting convened at in the West and Central Africa Regional Center, in Abomey-Calavi, [...]
Africa
The WorldVeg collection of African vegetables expands and is more widely shared
The WorldVeg collection of African vegetables expands and is more widely shared In 2021, the World Vegetable Center held about 2,700 accessions of about 60 species of traditional African vegetables, of the 400 documented species [...]
Assessing tomato and pepper market segmentation in Central and Southern Africa
Assessing tomato and pepper market segmentation in Central and Southern Africa Participants visit the World Vegetable Center gene bank in Arusha, Tanzania, 23 October 2024. The World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg), in collaboration with the [...]
Vegetable business networks are creating jobs in Ethiopia and Kenya, including for women and youth – Results from a case study
Vegetable business networks are creating jobs in Ethiopia and Kenya, including for women and youth – Results from a case study Between 2020 and 2025, WorldVeg and the Dutch NGO SNV are implementing the [...]
WorldVeg’s Offices in Africa: 📍 Eastern & Southern Africa Office – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Dry Regions) – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Humid Regions)
Asia
Substantial steps to saving Southeast Asia’s vegetable biodiversity
Substantial steps to saving Southeast Asia’s vegetable biodiversity Safeguarding Southeast Asia's rich vegetable biodiversity was significantly advanced with a Seed Homecoming Ceremony on 3 December in Taiwan’s capital city Taipei, followed by an International [...]
A new report assesses vegetable seed collections in selected Southeast Asian genebanks
A new report assesses vegetable seed collections in selected Southeast Asian genebanks In Southeast Asia, the diversity of vegetable genetic resources in farmers’ fields has narrowed due to a variety of factors, including the [...]
Celebrating ‘seed homecoming’ in Thailand
Celebrating ‘seed homecoming’ in Thailand Decades ago, WorldVeg and national partners across Southeast Asia, collected thousands of vegetable seed accessions, which were stored at the genebank at WorldVeg headquarters in Taiwan. Now, the time [...]
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 [...]
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.