— 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.
Africa
Empowering women and beating hunger through market gardening in Mali
Empowering women and beating hunger through market gardening in Mali “Before, I had nothing. I was nothing” explains Awa Keïta. “We survived on next to nothing. When there was food, we ate. When [...]
Meeting the need for food security with more vegetables in Sudan
Meeting the need for food security with more vegetables in Sudan Most of Sudan’s 45 million people rely on farming for their livelihoods. More frequent and severe droughts and floods over past decades [...]
Validation of the African Vegetable Biodiversity Rescue Plan by the African Union Commission
Validation of the African Vegetable Biodiversity Rescue Plan by the African Union Commission The African Vegetable Biodiversity Rescue Plan, developed by WorldVeg, the African Union Commission and many partners across the continent and [...]
WorldVeg’s Offices in Africa: 📍 Eastern & Southern Africa Office – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Dry Regions) – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Humid Regions)
Asia
WorldVeg welcomes Yun Ping Wang, new Deputy Director General – Partnerships
WorldVeg welcomes Yun Ping Wang, new Deputy Director General – Partnerships In May 2024, WorldVeg welcomed Yun Ping Wang as the new Deputy Director General – Partnerships. His main focus is to [...]
Measuring soil greenhouse gas emissions in WorldVeg field trials
Measuring soil greenhouse gas emissions in WorldVeg field trials Since March 2024, new game-changing equipment – LI-COR Smart Chamber – has been allowing WorldVeg scientists to very accurately monitor the effects of different [...]
Strengthening seed sector partnerships so more improved vegetable seeds get to more farmers
Strengthening seed sector partnerships so more improved vegetable seeds get to more farmers The Asia and Pacific Seed Alliance (APSA)-World Vegetable Center Vegetable Breeding Consortium held its 8th annual workshop on 7-8 May 2024 [...]
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
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RECENT RESEARCH
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MY SUCCESS
Growing up
Vertical gardening maximizes returns for Pakistan's bottle gourd farmers.
Success with pickles
New pickle product lines in attractive packaging boost sales for local processors in Tanzania.
From cleaning rooms to cleaning seed
Two entrepreneurs start-up a small-scale business to produce seed of traditional vegetables in Cameroon.
Chili on the value chain in Karnataka
Chili on the value chain in Karnataka The value chain approach to vegetable marketing promoted by AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center has made all the difference to Giriyapura’s chili producers. For the chili [...]
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.