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Research programmes
Applied, farmer-focused research across Vanuatu's most important crops and livestock — conserving diversity, breeding better varieties and getting them into farmers' hands.
01 · Kokonas
Coconut
The palm that built Vanuatu
02 · Kakao mo Kofi
Cocoa & Coffee
Santo beans, bred for taste and size
03 · Ol rus kakae mo Kava
Root Crops & Kava
Gud fama i nidim gud plant — good farmers deserve good plants
04 · Frut mo garen
Horticulture & Fruit
Breadfruit, banana, citrus, pepper and island cabbage
05 · Buluk mo gras
Livestock & Pastures
Buluk andanit kokonas — cattle under coconut
06 · Sid sistem mo Nasonal Sid Bank
Seed Systems & National Seed Bank
Good seed for every province
07 · Fama we i strong long klaemet jenis
Climate-Resilient Agriculture
Climate-ready crops, from cyclone recovery to carbon science
Crop explorer
Explore by crop
Counts come straight from the 4,833-record VARTC library (titles and abstracts).
Mandate
What the law asks of VARTC
VARTC Act [CAP 286], as summarised on the Centre's 2016 website.[1]
- To carry out applied and development-oriented research in agriculture and livestock
- To encourage or facilitate the application or use of research results
- To train, and assist in the training of, research workers in agricultural science
- To collect, interpret and disseminate scientific and technical information
- To collaborate with research institutions or donors in agricultural research