— 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
Encouraging young people to embrace agriculture through the 4k club program in Kenya
Encouraging young people to embrace agriculture through the 4k club program in Kenya In Kenya, there is a popular Swahili saying, "Samaki mkunje angali mbichi," which means to bend the fish while it's [...]
Children’s meals are getting greener in Eswatini
Children’s meals are getting greener in Eswatini The government of the Kingdom of Eswatini and the Taiwan Embassy in Eswatini greatly facilitated implementation, with utmost appreciation to the government of Taiwan through its [...]
SAFEVEG: why we eat what we eat
Why we eat what we eat: studying vegetable consumption in three African countries People talk a lot about food – what their next meal will be, the rising prices of goods, or how [...]
WorldVeg’s Offices in Africa: 📍 Eastern & Southern Africa Office – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Dry Regions) – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Humid Regions)
Asia
Bitter Gourd Open Field Day is back this month on July 26, 2022
Bitter Gourd Open Field Day is back this month on July 26, 2022 This year, WorldVeg’s improved breeding lines will be demonstrated in the field during the Bitter Gourd Open Field Day on [...]
JOHAR
Jharkhand Opportunities for Harnessing Rural Growth Project (JOHAR) is a World Bank Funded and dedicated livelihood intensive project being implemented in Jharkhand by the Jharkhand State.
Improving Multi-Resistance of Solanaceae Crops to Stresses in Taiwan
WorldVeg, Taiwan Council of Agriculture (COA) and partners are joining efforts to improve the multi-resistance of Solanaceae crops to address the damage caused by abiotic and biotic stresses.
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.