LONDON - 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 Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation..
The banks have become increasingly vital to ensuring enough food is produced each season to feed 7.9 billion people as the world s weather becomes more extreme.