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AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center, previously known as the ''Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center'', is an international, nonprofit institute for vegetable research and development. It was "founded in 1971 in Shanhua, southern Taiwan, by the Asian Development Bank, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam."〔("Taiwan vegetable center to open CentAm branch" ), The China Post, July 11, 2008〕〔(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〕 These countries wished for the AVRDC to become the "facilitator" for the Collaborative Vegetable Research Network for Southeast Asia, which was to work toward completing various projects that the founding nations put forth. Overall, the main goal of this continues to be to "reduce malnutrition and alleviate poverty in developing nations through improving production and consumption of vegetables."〔〔 ==Research and development== The use of vegetables as crops that are of high worth is important in the "Millennium Development Goals" of the United Nations Development Program and the AVRDC.〔United Nations Development Programme (). 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〕 The vegetables made by the AVRDC can be used in poorer areas, where they can serve as "an important source of income" and can help fight micronutrient deficiencies.〔Weinberger KM, Lumpkin TA. 2005. Horticulture for Poverty Alleviation – The Unfunded Revolution. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=781784〕 The Center’s current crop portfolio focuses on four groups of globally important vegetables, according to the AVRDC:〔(AVRDV - World Vegetable Center Info PDF )〕 : *solanaceous crops: (tomato, sweet pepper, chili pepper, eggplant)〔(The great pyramid: Ty tomatoes resist pests and diseases ) (R4D )〕 : *bulb alliums (onion, shallot, garlic) : *crucifers (cabbage, Chinese cabbage) : *cucurbits (Cucurbitaceae): (cucumbers, pumpkins) Indigenous vegetables, particularly those of Asia and Africa are another focus of research at AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center. Indigenous vegetables are domesticated or semi-wild vegetable crops that are grown in particular regions as an integral part of a local food system. Many of them are underutilized crops,〔New Agriculturalist. 2008. Making more of undervalued crops. http://www.new-ag.info/pov/views.php?a=426〕 particularly in regions where they are not native.〔Vikram, ("How green was my veggie" ), The Economic Times, June 30, 2007〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「World Vegetable Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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