— 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.
Vegetable interventions as a humanitarian response: Best practice guidelines and assessment tool
Vegetable interventions as a humanitarian response: Best practice guidelines and assessment tool (Download the report here) These guidelines were developed for humanitarian practitioners engaged in emergency and recovery programs with a vegetable production component. [...]
Priorities for research and action – a new WorldVeg brief
Priorities for research and action – a new WorldVeg brief Download brief here This eight-page brief summarizes what WorldVeg does, and why. It introduces the problem, and the key role of [...]
Africa
WorldVeg seed kits help internally displaced women in Burkina Faso feed their families, and restore dignity…
WorldVeg seed kits help internally displaced women in Burkina Faso feed their families, and restore dignity… The ‘Safe locally produced vegetables for West Africa's consumers’ (SafeVeg) project is an interdisciplinary initiative of the World Vegetable [...]
Healthy diet seed kits enhancing food and nutrition security in Zanzibar
Healthy diet seed kits enhancing food and nutrition security in Zanzibar Many people on the islands of Zanzibar face food insecurity and nutritional challenges. The Southern Africa Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative (AID-I) MasAgro Africa Rapid [...]
Parliamentary committee visits the WorldVeg regional center in Arusha, Tanzania
Parliamentary committee visits the WorldVeg regional center in Arusha, Tanzania The 3rd of July was a momentous day for the World Vegetable Center’s Easter and Southern Africa regional center, as it hosted its first [...]
WorldVeg’s Offices in Africa: 📍 Eastern & Southern Africa Office – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Dry Regions) – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Humid Regions)
Asia
Strengthening partnerships on vegetable research and development in Southeast Asia
Strengthening partnerships on vegetable research and development in SoutheastAsia, at the 18th AARNET Steering Committee, and SEARCA meeting AARNET is a platform for vegetable research and development among ASEAN Member States (the Association of [...]
From harvest to health. Interns in India transforming vegetables into functional foods
From harvest to health. Interns in India transforming vegetables into functional foods At the World Vegetable Center - South and Central Asia, a unique internship opportunity arose in September 2023 through collaboration with the [...]
From fields to markets: Impact of WorldVeg postharvest interventions in Cambodia
From fields to markets: Impact of WorldVeg postharvest interventions in Cambodia The project ‘Strengthening safe and off-season vegetable production in Cambodia - Scaling’ is making vegetables more available, affordable, and accessible. This initiative [...]
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.