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Research Themes
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AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center is the principal international
agricultural research center dedicated to vegetable research
and development. Our organizational
structure is efficient, flexible, and responsive to project-driven
development. Using an interdisciplinary and gender-sensitive
approach, AVRDC works with its partners to develop technologies
and disseminate information on vegetable production and consumption.
AVRDC currently focuses
its activities on five research themes: |
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GERMPLASM
Germplasm conservation, evaluation, and gene discovery |
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Goal |
Biodiversity of vegetable genetic resources is preserved and its use for food and nutritional security is enhanced. |
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Purpose |
Vegetable germplasm collected, conserved and distributed; the collection evaluated to identify those species with desirable traits; their genes identified, characterized, and introgressed using classical and molecular technologies. |
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BREEDING
Genetic enhancement and varietal development of vegetables |
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Goal |
Varieties with potential to expand opportunities in tropical vegetable production. |
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Purpose |
Farmers obtain varieties and lines of major vegetables that produce high yields of nutritious and marketable food with less health risk and environmental damage. |
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PRODUCTION
Seed and safe vegetable production systems |
Goal |
Substantial contributions to safe and sustainable vegetable production generated. |
Purpose |
Increased supply of safe vegetables through adoption of profitable, environmentally sound practices by farmers, leading to knowledge-based farming. |
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MARKETING
Postharvest management and market opportunities |
Goal |
Profitable and efficient involvement of small-scale actors in vegetable supply chains. |
Purpose |
Smallholders participate in high-value supply chains through enhanced collaboration, improved technologies, and capacity building. |
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NUTRITION
Nutritional security, diet diversification, and human health |
Goal |
Nutrition and health of rural and urban poor consumers improved by increased consumption of vegetables. |
Purpose |
Increased public awareness, accessibility, and use of nutritious, diverse and safe vegetables. |
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Related R&D Projects
Postharvest: more information on the Center's postharvest activities funded by the Asian Development Bank is provided on the project web pages.
SUSPER: Sustainable Development of Peri-urban Agriculture
in South-East Asia
(Cambodia, Lao PDR, Vietnam). Visit the project web pages
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