— 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.
Using landscape genomics to help create climate-resilient eggplant varieties – results of new research
Using landscape genomics to help create climate-resilient eggplant varieties – results of new research Eggplants are important vegetables, including the common global ‘brinjal’ (Solanum melongena) and African eggplants (S. aethiopicum, S. anguivi and S. macrocarpon). But despite their [...]
WorldVeg hosts a group from the African Elite Training Program
WorldVeg hosts a group from the African Elite Training Program In order to assist African countries in nurturing high-level talents and strengthening Africa's understanding of friendly farming practices and resilient agriculture, the Ministry of [...]
Towards future collaboration – WorldVeg and COLEAD sign new MoU
Towards future collaboration – WorldVeg and COLEAD sign new MoU Marco Wopereis, WorldVeg Director General, and Jeremy Knops, COLEAD General Delegate, sign a new Memorandum of Understanding The mission of both [...]
Africa
Empowering Sustainable Development: Highlights from the 7th World Cowpea Research Conference in Cotonou, Benin
Empowering Sustainable Development: Highlights from the 7th World Cowpea Research Conference in Cotonou, Benin The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) recently hosted the 7th World Cowpea Research Conference in the bustling city of Cotonou, [...]
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 [...]
2024 Africa Food Systems Forum (AGRF24)
WorldVeg at the Africa Food Systems Forum 2024AGRF website|AGRF side event|Photo gallery Download here AGRF24 - WorldVeg in the News The New Timeshttps://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/19801/news/environment/12m-needed-annually-to-save-endangered-african-vegetables IGIHEHashyizweho [...]
WorldVeg’s Offices in Africa: 📍 Eastern & Southern Africa Office – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Dry Regions) – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Humid Regions)
Asia
Scaling off-season vegetable production in India
Scaling off-season vegetable production in India The World Vegetable Center has been actively promoting the production of safe off-season vegetables in India, through two projects funded by the World Bank and supported by state governments. [...]
A new era for agricultural innovation in India: ICAR and WorldVeg join forces
A new era for agricultural innovation in India: ICAR and WorldVeg join forces World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) has been a pivotal force in advancing vegetable research and production in India since establishing its South [...]
World Vegetable Center and the Asian PGPR Society Host Landmark Conference
World Vegetable Center and the Asian PGPR Society Host Landmark Conference The 8th Asian Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) International Conference for Sustainable Agriculture concluded successfully at the World Vegetable Center headquarters in Tainan, Taiwan, [...]
WorldVeg’s Offices in Asia: 📍 Headquarters in Taiwan – 📍 South & Central Asia Office – 📍 East & Southeast Asia Office
Latin America / Caribbean
Evaluating vegetable varieties in the Caribbean
Evaluating vegetable varieties in the Caribbean The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the vulnerability of food supply chains in Caribbean islands, especially for important commodities such as fresh fruit and vegetables. With the support [...]
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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.