Science and innovation for enhanced vegetable production and consumption in a rapidly changing world
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.
Safeguarding traditional African vegetables: Landmark deposit at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault secures vital opportunity crops
Safeguarding traditional African vegetables: Landmark deposit at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault secures vital opportunity crops - 22 October 2025 - Africa’s Vegetable Genebank has reached a major milestone, depositing [...]
EAT-Lancet Commission: Landmark update highlights the importance of vegetables for dietary and planetary health
EAT-Lancet Commission: Landmark update highlights the importance of vegetables for dietary and planetary health - 15 October 2025 - The latest EAT-Lancet Commission report on healthy, sustainable, and just food [...]
Nutrition, jobs, resilience: AGRA-WorldVeg partnership puts vegetables at the center of Africa’s food systems transformation
Nutrition, jobs, resilience: AGRA-WorldVeg partnership puts vegetables at the center of Africa’s food systems transformation WorldVeg is teaming up with AGRA to ensure vegetables play a bigger role in Africa’s [...]
Africa
Africa Food Prize recognises champion of traditional vegetables
Africa Food Prize recognises champion of traditional vegetables Renowned Kenyan scientist and long-term WorldVeg partner Professor Mary Abukutsa-Onyango has been named joint winner of the 2025 Africa Food Prize, in [...]
Warriors of waste: New guide to boosting vegetable production – with the help of the black soldier fly
Warriors of waste: New guide to boosting vegetable production - with the help of the black soldier fly Turning waste into fertilizer with the help of insects is a practical, [...]
Strengthening vegetable seed systems: Africa-wide consortium showcases exclusive new breeding lines
Strengthening vegetable seed systems: Africa-wide consortium showcases exclusive new breeding lines Breakthroughs in climate-resilient, high-yielding, and disease-resistant vegetable varieties took the spotlight at the latest Africa Vegetable Breeding Consortium (AVBC) [...]
WorldVeg’s Offices in Africa: 📍 Eastern & Southern Africa Office – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Dry Regions) – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Humid Regions)
Asia
East and Southeast Asia
East and Southeast Asia Home garden - From Annual Report 2024 - Selected highlights Low-cost technologies for urban gardening in Dhaka, Bangladesh were tested, with popular vegetables such as Malabar spinach, [...]
Taiwan’s newest chilies turn down the burn – without dialing back the flavor
Taiwan’s newest chilies turn down the burn - without dialing back the flavor Two new, milder chili pepper types are spicing up culinary possibilities in eastern Taiwan - without overpowering the palate. Known [...]
Accelerating Success: New tomato project puts seed companies in pole position
Accelerating Success: New tomato project puts seed companies in pole position Vibrant tomatoes ripening in the field A new tomato project launched by the Asia and Pacific Seed Association (APSA) and the [...]
WorldVeg’s Offices in Asia: 📍 Headquarters in Taiwan – 📍 South & Central Asia Office – 📍 East & Southeast Asia Office
Latin America / Caribbean
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.
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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.