— 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
Seeds4Soils – Improving climate resilience in Madagascar by regenerating soils with agrobiodiversity
Seeds4Soils – Improving climate resilience in Madagascar by regenerating soils with agrobiodiversity The new three-year project (2024-2027) aims to regenerate agricultural soils and increase climate resilience of vulnerable farming communities in Madagascar by exploiting [...]
WorldVeg, committed to the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soil (VACS) initiative
WorldVeg, committed to the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soil (VACS) initiative The Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) launched on 30 January 2023, marks a pivotal moment in the journey towards climate [...]
Strengthening skills for producing high quality vegetable seeds in Djibouti
Strengthening skills for producing high quality vegetable seeds in Djibouti The Djibouti government is increasingly prioritizing local food production to reduce its dependency on imports. But there is currently no local seed production, and in [...]
WorldVeg’s Offices in Africa: 📍 Eastern & Southern Africa Office – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Dry Regions) – 📍 West & Central Africa Office (Humid Regions)
Asia
New research report – WorldVeg breeding lines more widely used by seed companies in Asia in 2023
New research report - WorldVeg breeding lines more widely used by seed companies in Asia in 2023 This report documents the progress of the Asia and Pacific Seed Association (APSA) – World Vegetable Center Vegetable [...]
More vegetable seed accessions sent for safety duplication
More vegetable seed accessions sent for safety duplication On 8 May, another batch of seeds was collected from the International Vegetable genebank at WorldVeg headquarters in Shanhua, Taiwan, for safety back-up [...]
Unveiling new knowledge on plant resistance to insects at a landmark symposium
Unveiling new knowledge on plant resistance to insects at a landmark symposium Drawing an audience of almost 100 experts from 17 countries for four enriching days, the 26th Biannual International Plant Resistance to Insects [...]
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
RECENT RESEARCH
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MY SUCCESS
African nightshade impresses farmers in Burkina Faso
In an evaluation trial of AVRDC traditional vegetable varieties, African nightshade proved to be a popular choice in Burkina Faso.
Fewer plants yield more
This adventurous farmer tried a new planting technique and is reaping the benefits of her field trial.
Traditional vegetables = quick cash in Cameroon
Amaranth and other traditional vegetables fund studies for an industrious farmer.
Grafting banishes black stems in Bali
A contract farmer in Indonesia discovers grafting, a simple but effective technique introduced by AVRDC to overcome soil-borne diseases in tomato fields.
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.