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This time of year, the last rays of sun give Svalbard a magical blue light. And both the Slovak and Norwegian Ministers of Agriculture could enjoy it as they attended the first ever Slovak seed deposit. The seeds from the Slovak genebank were in good company as they were carried into Svalbard Global Seed Vault along with seeds from Poland, Sudan and ICARDA.
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First Slovak seeds deposited in Seed Vault
This time of year, the last rays of sun give Svalbard a magical blue light. And both the Slovak and …
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“New chapter in history” as Poland signs depositor’s agreement
The Polish flag next to the Norwegian, thick agreement papers and a room full of anticipation. As the head of …
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Seed Vault named one of the 50 most influential projects
The organisation Project Management Institute has named Svalbard Global Seed Vault the 10th most influential project during the last 50 …
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Withdrawal of ICARDA Aleppo seeds accomplished
By mid-August, the third and last part of the seeds deposited by the ICARDA gene bank in Aleppo, Syria were …
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Second seed deposit from SPGRC this year
After depositing 1158 new seeds accessions this week, the SPGRC gene bank has secured in total 5244 seed samples in …
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Long travelled seeds in place in the Seed Vault
The second regular Seed Vault opening this year was accomplished during the first week of June. Two gene banks deposited …
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Seeds from unique forage collection deposited in the Seed Vault
Seeds from the world’s arguably most diverse and unique forage collection were deposited in Svalbard Global Seed Vault today. In …
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SPGRC in Zambia Urge all the World’s Gene banks to Use the Seed Vault
This week, NordGen carried new seeds into the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The deposit comes from the regional gene bank …
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Close to 90% of the ICRISAT collection duplicated
ICRISAT is among the gene banks that have deposited the largest numbers of seed samples in the Seed Vault. “At …
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India eager to deposit more seeds in Svalbard
India has one of the largest plant germplasm collections in the world, hosted in the National Gene Bank at ICAR …