Support VARTC — partners, donors, collaboration, internships

Why support VARTC

"Research is everybody's business"

— Antoine Ravo, VARTC Board Chairman, at the 2025 Open Day.[2]

Every improved seednut, yam or heifer that leaves Saraoutou carries decades of work. Support keeps the collections alive, the science moving, and young ni-Vanuatu scientists in the field.

Get in touch Collaborate

VARTC Open Day 2025: guests briefed by the Plant Section on new improved varieties

Donors & funding

Priority needs

Cold storageFor seed and planting material — named as a next step for the national seed system.[1]

Tissue Culture LabUpgrade for clean planting material and safe germplasm exchange.[1]

Post-Entry QuarantineSafe import of new varieties.[1]

IrrigationReliable water for nurseries and seed plots.[1]

Gene bank back-upDuplicating field collections against cyclones and disease.

ScholarshipsFor the next generation of ni-Vanuatu agricultural scientists.

Partners

Partners, current and historic

From the Centre's 2016 partnership list and recent projects.[3][1][4]

Government of Vanuatu

MALFFB — Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries & BiosecurityDARD — Department of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentDepartment of Climate Change (CFF programme)

Regional

SPC — Pacific Community (Land Resources Division, CePaCT)PHAMA PlusUSP — University of the South Pacific

International research

CIRAD (and before it IRHO and IRCC)ACIARIPGRI / Bioversity InternationalCOGENT — International Coconut Genetic Resources NetworkIAC — Institut Agronomique néo-CalédonienManaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchCrop Trust

Funders (current & historic)

New Zealand MFAT (CFF 2024–29; Pacific Seeds for Life)European Union (PRAP, TANSAO, SPYN, INEA)French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (POPACA, scholarships)Asian Development Bank (COGENT projects)IFAD (COGENT projects)FFEM / AFD (root-crop agrobiodiversity)World Bank project (2016)

NGOs & producers

ADRAWorld VisionCocoa Growers AssociationAnglican Church of MelanesiaACTIVCARE InternationalLive & LearnRed CrossSave the ChildrenFSAC

Partner impact wall →

Collaborate

Research partnerships

Joint trials, MoUs, germplasm exchange and visiting scientists. VARTC has worked with CIRAD, ACIAR, SPC, COGENT, IPGRI and universities for decades.

Learn

Internships & scholarships

University placements and research attachments. Careers & internships →

Give

Donate or sponsor

Sponsor a variety, fund a trial, equip the seed system or sponsor a student.

Sponsor a variety · Fund a trial →

Contact & support

Talk to VARTC

Planting material, cattle, training, partnership, media or donations.

Post: PO Box 231, Santo, Vanuatu (2016 listing[5]

Visit & directions →

Sapotem VARTC