African seed collection first to arrive in Norway on route to Arctic seed vault

Twenty-one boxes filled with 7,000 unique seed samples from more than 36 African nations were shipped to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a facility being built on a remote island in the Arctic Circle as a repository of last resort for humanity’s agricultural heritage.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news120929040.html">African seed collection first to arrive in Norway on route to Arctic seed vault</a></p> <p>Twenty-one boxes filled with 7,000 unique seed samples from more than 36 African nations were shipped to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a facility being built on a remote island in the Arctic Circle as a repository of last resort for humanity’s agricultural heritage.</p>