New Countries and a New Crop Mark FirstSeed Vault Deposit of 2026
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened for its first deposit event of 2026 in February week 9. Seeds from two new countries, Guatemala and Niger, were deposited for the first time, and the Seed Vault received its first-ever deposit of olive seeds. In total, 8,880 seed samples from 12 depositors arrived for long-term safeguarding in…