World Vegetable Center

World Vegetable Center
Formation1971
TypeNonprofit
PurposeVegetable research and development
Headquarters60 Yi-Min Liao, Shanhua, Tainan, Taiwan
Region served
Worldwide
Director General
Marco Wopereis[1]
Websiteavrdc.org

The World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) (Chinese: 亞蔬—世界蔬菜中心), previously known as the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC), is an international, nonprofit institute for vegetable research and development.[2] It was founded in 1971 in Shanhua, southern Taiwan, by the Asian Development Bank, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, the United States and South Vietnam.

WorldVeg aims to reduce malnutrition and alleviate poverty in developing nations through improving production and consumption of vegetables.[3]

  1. ^ "Searca, WorldVeg partner for joint research to address nutrition security". BusinessMirror. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  2. ^ Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus Disease: Management, Molecular Biology, Breeding for Resistance by Henryk Czosnek, シュプリンガー・ジャパン株式会社, 2007, Pg. 417
  3. ^ United Nations Development Programme [UNDP]. 2010. MDG Good Practices. Chapter 1: Poverty, Employment, and Hunger. pp. 74, 80, 95, 96, 105. http://www.undg-policynet.org/ext/MDG-Good-Practices/GP_chapter1_poverty.pdf