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Visitors viewing the recently released virtual tour of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

In the Media

Svalbard’s mysterious ‘doomsday’ seed vault offers first glimpse inside with virtual tour

3 Mar 2023

Innocent Dossou Aminon, from the NGO GRIGADEB in Benin, deposited 427 accessions of seven crops.

In the Media

'Doomsday' Arctic seed vault gets boost as efforts to secure food supplies ramp up

1 Mar 2023

News

Svalbard Global Seed Vault Celebrates 15th Year With Historic Deposit

28 Feb 2023

Seeds samples in Mali packed and ready to be deposited at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in February 2023. Photo: Institut d’Economie Rurale, Mali

Opinion

Saving the World, One Seed at a Time

24 Feb 2023

Jamal Mabrouki, ICARDA technician. Grasspea breeding at ICARDA's facilities at Marchouch Station, Morocco. (Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

Opinion

Sustainable Food Systems Begin with Resilient Seeds

21 Feb 2023

Alfalfa breeder Alan Humphries (SARDI) with the woody shrub Medicago arborea, a crop wild relative used to introduce new diversity into the alfalfa genepool, at the Waite Institute, Adelaide, South Australia. Photo: Michael Major for Crop Trust

In the Media