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Svalbard Global Seed Vault evokes epic imagery and controversy because of the symbolic value of seeds
The vault is the backup collection for all of these seed banks, storing their duplicate seeds at no charge to them. In fact, ...
The Western Producer1dOpinion
Global Seed Vault controversial but important
Two-thirds of the world’s food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, ...
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Doomsday Arctic seed vault gets deposit of 30,000 new samples
The entrance to the international gene bank Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV) is pictured outside Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen, Norway COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - An Arctic seed vault on Norway's ...
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See inside the 'doomsday' seed vault, where billions of seeds are stored in case of nuclear war
you can see seed samples that have been shipped over from North Korea. The extinction of a crop is as irreversible as the extinction of an animal, and that’s what makes this vault so important.
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Africa: Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deposit Bolsters Food Security Amid Crises
Longyearbyen, Svalbard — The Svalbard Global Seed Vault received yesterday a deposit of more than 30,000 new seed samples from 23 depositors across 21 countries, including seven international ...
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Palestinian seeds join Arctic 'doomsday vault'
Opened in 2008, the Global Seed Vault offers a safety net in case of ... Buried inside a mountain near Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen Island, about 1,300 kilometers (about 800 miles) from the North ...