SAFEGUARDING AND SHARING SEEDS — A new vegetable genebank for Africa

SAFEGUARDING AND SHARING SEEDS

A new vegetable genebank for Africa

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Angel Jeng2025-08-08T03:21:38+00:00August 8, 2025|Categories: Eastern and Southern Africa, Latest News|Tags: genebank, seed, TAVI, traditional African vegetables|

Beneficial biota or bugs of burden? The microbial dilemma at the heart of seed conservation

Beneficial biota or bugs of burden?

The microbial dilemma at the heart of seed conservation

OPINION

By Abdul Shango

Research Associate – […]

Angel Jeng2025-08-04T06:59:23+00:00August 4, 2025|Categories: Eastern and Southern Africa, Latest News|Tags: conservation, foodsecurity, fungus, genebank, Microbiome, nutrition, okra, onehealth, seed, soilhealth, soybean, worldveg|

Ready, set, grow! NASA-pioneered research accelerates chili breeding

Ready, set, grow!

NASA-pioneered research accelerates chili breeding

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Angel Jeng2025-08-04T02:57:28+00:00August 3, 2025|Categories: Headquarters, Latest News|Tags: conservation, foodsecurity, fungus, genebank, Microbiome, nutrition, okra, onehealth, seed, soilhealth, soybean, worldveg|

SAVE, SHARE AND SOW VEGETABLE SEEDS: CORE ACTIVITIES AT WORLDVEG’S INTERNATIONAL VEGETABLE GENEBANK

Save, Share and Sow Vegetable Seeds: Core activities at Worldveg’s International Vegetable Genebank

Diversify diets and farmer fields with wide […]

Angel Jeng2025-06-23T04:19:36+00:00June 23, 2025|Categories: Global, Latest News|Tags: ACIAR, Africa, Bellagio, biodiversity, CGIAR, Crop Trust, genebank, GENESYS, seed, Taiwan, treaty, vegetable, worldveg|

FRESHer vegetables in Tanzania

Between January and May 2023, FRESH activities reached 1,585 people including 745 women, 20 […]

Angel Jeng2023-10-27T04:26:39+00:00October 27, 2023|Categories: 2023 FRESH archive, Eastern and Southern Africa, Latest News|Tags: ESEA, seed, training, vegetable|

Greens from Asia for the world – news from the genebank

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Angel Jeng2023-10-27T03:06:11+00:00October 27, 2023|Categories: Headquarters, Latest News, Uncategorized|Tags: genebank, germplasm, seed, Svalbard|

Better Bitter Gourd

Better Bitter Gourd

Growing new markets with better bitter gourd genetics: WorldVeg’s monoecious, gynoecious and predominantly […]

Angel Jeng2024-04-18T08:05:57+00:00March 31, 2023|Categories: 2023 FRESH archive, Current Projects, MAR2023|Tags: bitter gourd, seed, Thailand|

TAsVI – Taiwan Asia Vegetable Initiative

TAsVI – Taiwan Asia Vegetable Initiative

Seed Home-coming

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Angel Jeng2024-06-13T07:22:52+00:00March 31, 2023|Categories: Current Projects|Tags: seed, TAsVI|

The Africa Vegetable Breeding Consortium and WorldVeg

The Africa Vegetable Breeding Consortium (AVBC) is a partnership for research with a […]

Angel Jeng2023-03-31T03:29:32+00:00March 31, 2023|Categories: 2023 FRESH archive, Central & West Asia and North Africa, MAR2023|Tags: Africa, AVBC, breeding, seed|

Seed takes center stage

The Africa Vegetable Breeding Consortium (AVBC) annual workshop is the public/private platform for collaboration to ensure Africa’s vegetable producers get the seed they need.

2021-10-01T03:22:30+00:00September 22, 2021|Categories: Articles, Eastern and Southern Africa, OCT2021|Tags: Africa, AVBC, seed|