Scientists are racing to protect the world’s seeds from natural disasters and war. But what happens when those disasters come ...
Nestled in the mountains of the world’s northernmost community, one building braces for doomsday, both in design and function. The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard — between continental Norway and ...
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault - the biggest backup seed storage facility in the world — received this week over 31,000 new seed samples from 23 countries, including Palestine and Sudan. The 119 boxes ...
The world’s largest backup library of crop seeds sits inside an Arctic mountain, but Colorado scientists play a key role in preserving plant diversity. Geoffrey Hawtin, the British Canadian plant ...
Two-thirds of the world's food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, oil-palm fruit, sugar beet and cassava. In the past, farmers grew tens of ...
MEN INSTRUMENTAL IN CREATING A GLOBAL SEED VAULT TO SAFEGUARD THE WORLD’S AGRICULTURAL DIVERSITY WILL BE HONORED AS THE 2024 WORLD FOOD PRIZE LAUREATES. THAT PRIZE, AWARDED IN IOWA, GOES TO DOCTORS ...
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