Should disaster strike - whether that's by war, an accident, or a natural disaster - the Seed Vault could provide survivors with access to every important crop variety in the world today.

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 ...

To combat this issue, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened its doors back in 2008, as the 'ultimate insurance policy for the world's food supply'. According to Crop Trust, the Seed Vault is in ...

Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.

Discover the Global Oreo Vault in Norway, built to preserve Oreos in case of a global catastrophe. Learn how it connects to ...

Believe it or not, there is: Two specialized vaults in the world protect seeds rather than humans or animals. One is Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Spitsbergen, Norway, and the other is in Korea, ...

Located on an island above the Arctic Circle, between Norway and the North Pole, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault plays a critical role in preserving the world’s agricultural heritage. These seeds ...

CEO the The Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry said. The vault is on Svalbard in the Arctic (Picture: Azzura Lalani/CIFOR-ICRAF/Cover Images) Seeds of the Baobab ...

Sudan's diverse crops and agricultural heritage are at risk of being lost. The ongoing conflict in Sudan is claiming lives ...

With over 1.3 million seed samples from 6,200 plant species, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault stands as the last line of ...