Wow!: In Colombia, a seed bank unlocks genetic secrets in climate fight
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a seed bank in Colombia is providing “insurance for the future”…
Ukraine’s giant seed bank at risk of being lost as war rages
London, UK Reuters In underground vaults near Ukraine’s battlefields, the genetic code for nearly 2,000 crops is in danger of being permanently destroyed. The risk came into sharp focus earlier this month when a research facility near Ukraine’s national seed bank was damaged, according to Crop Trust, a non-profit organisation set up by the United […]
ENVIRONMENT: UK SEED VAULT BANKS ON WILD CROPS TO FEED A WARMING WORLD
KIM HARRISBERG, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the development of the largest global collection of wild plant seeds…