Huge potential payoffs from pest resistant tomatoes in South Asia
Huge potential payoffs from pest resistant tomatoes in South Asia
Tomatoes are the most popular and economically most […]
Dr. Ramakrishnan (Ram) M. Nair: New Leader for Agricultural Development in South and Central Asia
Experienced legume breeder to guide operations in the region.
Processing tomatoes for plump profits!
India is the world’s second-largest tomato producer but processes less than 1% of its harvest. To ensure tomato growers, processors and consumers benefit from the best tomato fruit available, the World Vegetable Center shared two top-performing dual purpose (fresh market and processing) tomato breeding lines with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) on 24 June 2019 at GIC-India headquarters in Bengaluru.
Operating in a bubble
Bubble dryers use solar radiation and ambient air to dry mungbean.
Top crops for India start at WorldVeg
From disease-resistant tomato to high-performance chili, WorldVeg is the source for improved vegetables in India.Â
Agriculture is not restricted to one generation
Alyssa Swehla, a Borlaug-Ruan International Intern from Iowa State University, USA, worked on a research project this summer at the World Vegetable Center South Asia to find an effective biological control agent against dry root rot in mungbean.
Farmers visit WorldVeg South Asia
Farmers visit WorldVeg South Asia
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WorldVeg staff Karthikeyan Periyathambi and Srinvasarao […]
Writing nursery guidelines together
Although many smallholder farmers in India raise their own seedlings, there has been a gradual move toward purchasing seedlings from commercial nurseries, where plants can be grown in protected conditions. WorldVeg brought nursery industry representatives together to develop best practices for seedling production. --MORE--
Priyakshi Buragohain
Priyakshi Buragohain has been accepted as PhD graduate student for 30 months (1 April 2017 - 30 September 2019) at WorldVeg South Asia in Hyderabad, India.
Karthikeyan P
Karthikeyan joined WorldVeg as a Scientific Officer - Legume Breeding on 3 May 2017 and is based at the South Asia office in Hyderabad, India.