World Vegetable Center

16/09/2026

“𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙞𝙩, 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙩!”

Hear from the World Vegetable Center’s new Director General, Izabella Koziell, as she shares her vision for the future during the leadership handover ceremony.

▶️ Watch her full speech: https://youtu.be/kKHFqhBWjJM

WorldVeg welcomes Izabella Koziell as its new Director General, bri...

14/09/2026

👏 𝗔 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝗩𝗲𝗴 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝘇𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗞𝗼𝘇𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹!

Izabella joins us from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Nepal, where she served as Deputy Director General, and brings more than three decades of experience spanning science, policy and international development.

She is the first woman to lead WorldVeg since it was founded in 1971.

Before ICIMOD, Izabella led the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems at the International Water Management Institute in Sri Lanka, following 15 years with the UK Department for International Development.

She arrives at WorldVeg at an exciting time, as we roll out our Global Strategy (2026–2033) and step up efforts to put vegetables to work for healthier diets, stronger livelihoods and greater resilience to climate change.

We’re delighted to have you with us, Izabella - welcome to WorldVeg!

📖 Read more: https://www.worldveg.org/new-director-general-izabella-koziell/

WorldVeg welcomes Izabella Koziell as its new Director General, bringing an experienced international development leader to the Center as it steps up efforts

10/09/2026

The Onion Value Chain Improvement Project, implemented from 2023 to...

10/09/2026

The Onion Value Chain Improvement Project, implemented from 2023 to...

10/09/2026

The Onion Value Chain Improvement Project, implemented from 2023 to...

08/09/2026

The APSA-World Vegetable Center Vegetable Breeding Consortium has helped make breeding priorities more responsive to the realities of farmers and markets.

Pepper is where a lot of the Consortium's disease-resistance work pays off. 52 commercial varieties on the market in 2025 carry WorldVeg pepper germplasm. Enough seed to plant 105,400 hectares, reaching roughly 239,700 smallholder farmers.

Member companies pooled resources to make the work possible.

Consortium registration is open through December 31, 2026.

Join the next chapter: apsaseed.org/join-consortium

05/09/2026

🥬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

The World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) Korea Office and the Rural Development Administration (RDA) – National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science (NIHHS) are pleased to invite you to a special seminar on:

🌱 “𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐚”

The seminar will feature Prof. Ryo Fujimoto from the Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Japan, who will share insights into genomic approaches to understanding important agronomic traits in Brassica rapa, with relevance to Chinese cabbage breeding and cultivation.

📅 Date: 9 September 2026 (Wednesday)
🕝 Time: 2:30 PM onwards
📍 Venue: Conference Room, 1st Floor, NIHHS

We warmly invite researchers, academics, students, and anyone interested in vegetable breeding, genomics, and Chinese cabbage cultivation to join this insightful seminar.

🌿 We look forward to your participation!

05/09/2026

03/09/2026

🍅Supply chain losses can make fresh, nutrient-dense vegetables less available and affordable.

In Tanzania’s Arusha region, researchers are testing practical ways to reduce these losses, including evaporative cooling, cool boxes at markets, improved packing and plastic crates.

▶️ See these innovations and their promising impacts in the new film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igM8DqqD4hk

This work is part of the Better Diets and Nutrition project, with partners including Applied Horticultural Research (AHR) and Wageningen University & Research, with support from the CGIAR Trust Fund.

The Better Diets and Nutrition project, funded through the CGIAR, a...

03/09/2026

🪲 Pesticide residues and microbial contamination are food safety risks for fresh vegetables.

In Tanzania’s Arusha region, trials found significantly fewer pesticide detections when farmers were trained in proper pesticide application. Drip irrigation by trained farmers also reduced the risk of microbial contamination.

▶️ Watch the film to see the research and results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSJvdXczvxo

This work is part of the Better Diets and Nutrition project, with partners including Applied Horticultural Research (AHR) and Wageningen University & Research, with support from the CGIAR Trust Fund.

The Better Diets and Nutrition project, funded through the CGIAR, a...