GHANA has become the 100th depositor to deposit seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, an important step towards ensuring the long-term protection of
Buried in Arctic permafrost, the collection safeguards the world’s crop species and is a magnet for conspiracy theories. Now, the public can take a look around.
Buried deep in permafrost in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, a seed vault stores close to 1.2 million seeds from almost every country on the planet. Located on top of the world in Platåberget, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault holds the most diverse collection of food crop seeds