WorldVeg’s mission to deliver science and innovation for enhanced vegetable production and consumption in a rapidly changing world is implemented through two closely coordinated research programs. One focuses on the biological sciences, while the other focuses on social sciences and nutrition.
These research programs directly contribute to six Action Areas on Climate resilience; Healthy Diets; Vegetable Biodiversity; Economic Empowerment; Urban Food Systems; and Food Safety & Loss Reduction.
These areas aim to harness the nutritional, economic, and resilience benefits of vegetables, address the urgent need to boost vegetable consumption and production, particularly in rapidly growing urban areas and emergency contexts, as well as safeguard vegetable biodiversity for both current and future generations.