Svalbard Global Seed Vault

By mid-August, the third and last part of the seeds deposited by the ICARDA gene bank in Aleppo, Syria were ...

After depositing 1158 new seeds accessions this week, the SPGRC gene bank has secured in total 5244 seed samples in ...

The second regular Seed Vault opening this year was accomplished during the first week of June. Two gene banks deposited ...

Seeds from the world’s arguably most diverse and unique forage collection were deposited in Svalbard Global Seed Vault today. In ...

This week, NordGen carried new seeds into the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The deposit comes from the regional gene bank ...

ICRISAT is among the gene banks that have deposited the largest numbers of seed samples in the Seed Vault. “At ...

The idea of having a global security storage facility in Svalbard, to house duplicates of seed conserved in gene banks ...

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is carved into a hillside above Longyearbyen airport, 130 meters above sea level.

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault facilitates security conservation of seeds, comprising genetic material of importance for food and agriculture.

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault provides facilities for the safe deposit of seeds samples that have distinct genetic resources of ...

All gene banks holding sustainable seed collections are invited to deposit duplicates of their seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed ...

The Government of Norway established and fully funded the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

The Norwegian government invites gene banks holding long-term and sustainable seed collections to deposit duplicates of their seed samples in ...

When the Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened to receive seed samples from the world’s gene banks, it received enormous attention ...

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The management and operation of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is carried out by NordGen through an agreement between the Norwegian ...