More than 120,000 seeds have been sent to the ‘Doomsday vault’ in the Arctic in a bid to ensure the future of plant species ...

Two-thirds of the world’s food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, oil-palm fruit, sugar beet and cassava. In the past, farmers grew tens of ...

In the past, farmers grew tens of thousands of crop varieties around the world. This biodiversity protected agriculture from crop losses caused by plant diseases and climate change. Today, seed banks ...

Two-thirds of the world's food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, oil-palm fruit, sugar beet and cassava. In the past, farmers grew tens of ...

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault - the biggest backup seed storage facility in the world — received this week over 31,000 new seed samples from 23 countries, including Palestine and Sudan. The 119 boxes ...

The world’s largest backup library of crop seeds sits inside an Arctic mountain, but Colorado scientists play a key role in preserving plant diversity. Geoffrey Hawtin, the British Canadian plant ...

COPENHAGEN, Feb 25 (Reuters) - A "doomsday" vault storing food crop seeds from around the world in man-made caves on a remote Norwegian Arctic island will receive more than 14,000 new samples on ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Adriana Craciun, Boston University (THE CONVERSATION) Two-thirds of the world’s food ...

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