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Thousands of seeds from native African tree species and indigenous varieties of crops have been deposited in the cold, dry rock vaults of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the permafrost of northern Norway.

Established by the...

Bonn, Germany, 19 March 2025 – In line with its mission to ensure the long-term conservation and availability of all crop diversity, the Crop Trust has launched the Power of Diversity Funding Facility (PDFF). This transformative...

Imagine a library filled with millions of books. Some are decades old, while others are newly published. People can access these books to get information, investigate problems and come up with ideas for solutions to challenges....

Staff count the cost of armed conflict and step up efforts to conserve Sudan’s unique collection of sorghum and other crops.

Almost two years after Sudan’s civil war broke out, the northeast African nation is experiencing one of...

This edition of our Seed Heroes series is about the Women’s Committee of UNORCAC in Ecuador, who safeguard crop diversity, promote food sovereignty, and empower their communities through the chakra andina farming system and...

The idea of a doomsday vault hidden on a remote Arctic island might sound like something from the latest James Bond movie. 

But the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is very much real - and could one day save Earth from disaster. 

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The Svalbard Global Seed Vault marked its 17th anniversary today by opening its doors to receive nearly 14,000 deposits of seeds from around the world, including over 2,000 seed samples from projects supported by the International...

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Partner organizations from across the globe are gathering in Norway this week to deposit seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, with Sudan making a deposit amid the country’s ongoing civil war

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