Inside the doomsday vault, these scientists are fighting civil war and climate change to feed a hungry globe

A team of scientists on the frontlines of climate change are helping nature heal itself. But as wars rage around them, it's making their efforts to feed an increasingly hungry globe that much harder. 

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Genetic samples from Ukraine's Plant Genetic Resources Bank.
Photograph by Tetyana Brivko

The #Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Photograph by Frode Ramon

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To Save It, Eat It

Why gene banks aren’t enough to save the world’s food

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Ancient Seeds From the Fertile Crescent Save Crops From Climate Change

In Terbol, Lebanon, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) stores tens of thousands of seeds sourced from the Fertile Crescent region—an area in Western Asia a…

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seen at #cphdox recommended, #WildRelatives by Jumana Manna: ... the matrix of hierarchies and relationships involved in a transaction of #seeds between #Svalbard, Aleppo Syria, and the Bekaa Valley in #Lebanon. #agriculture #poetry #icarda