Celebration Meets Urgency at Latest Seed Vault Opening in Svalbard

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault welcomed over 21,000 new seed samples from 20 genebanks worldwide, including first-time deposits from the Philippines and Peru. This 68th deposit brings the total collection to 1.38 million samples, reinforcing global efforts to safeguard crop diversity against climate change and crises. Major contributors included the Philippine Rice Research Institute, sending 4,000 rice varieties; the World Vegetable Center, with 3,000 […]