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Plan B for Backup: Sweetpotato Seeds Go to Svalbard There’s a sweetpotato variety in Papua New Guinea called “Gimane.” But farmers prefer to call it “I don’t care.” Gimane earned this name because…

From War Zones to Typhoon-Prone Shores, Nations Rally to Protect Their Crops, Make Landmark Deposits to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault Photos, b-roll and captions Partner organizations from across…

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Daily Mail Online: Inside the Doomsday Vault: Rare footage provides a glimpse inside secretive bunker in the Arctic - as more than 14,000 new samples are added The idea of a doomsday vault hidden on…

How Digital Tools Help Us Conserve the World’s Seeds — and Use Them Imagine a library filled with millions of books. Some are decades old, while others are newly published. People can access these…

Susan McCouch: Pioneer of Modern Rice Breeding This edition of our Seed Heroes series is about U.S. scientist Dr. Susan McCouch, who developed the first-ever molecular map of rice and accelerated…

Journey of Seeds: From Farms to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault The Svalbard Global Seed Vault marked its 17th anniversary today by opening its doors to receive nearly 14,000 deposits of seeds…

Sudan’s National Genebank Begins Rebuilding as Famine Threatens Staff count the cost of armed conflict and step up efforts to conserve Sudan’s unique collection of sorghum and other crops. Almost…