Leaders in creation of Arctic vault that protects millions of seeds win ...

Two men who led the charge in creating the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which protects and preserves millions of seeds, will be honored as the 2024 World Food Prize laureates. Read More

Men behind the doomsday seed vault in the Arctic win World Food Prize

Two men who were instrumental in the “craziest idea anyone ever had” of creating a global seed vault designed to safeguard the world’s agricultural diversity will be honored as the 2024 ... Read More

World Food Prize goes to 2 who helped protect vital seeds in an Arctic ...

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, built deep inside a mountain on a Norwegian island in the Arctic Circle, holds 1.25 million seed samples from nearly every country in the world. Read More

Scientists who led creation of global seed vault named World Food Prize ...

Two scientists who led efforts to create a storage vault holding more than a million seed samples have been named the 2024 World Food Prize Laureates. Read More

Men behind the doomsday seed vault in the Arctic win World Food Prize

Fowler and Hawtin said they hope their selection as World Food Prize laureates will enable them push for hundreds of millions of dollars in additional funding of seed bank endowments around the world. Read More

World Food Prize goes to 2 who helped protect vital seeds in an Arctic ...

Fowler and Hawtin were leaders in effort starting about 2004 to build a back-up vault of the world’s crop seeds at a spot where it could be safe from political upheaval and environmental changes. Read More

Men behind the doomsday seed vault in the Arctic win World Food Prize

Two men instrumental in creating a global seed vault designed to safeguard the world’s agricultural diversity will be honored as World Food Prize laureates. Read More

Men Behind the Doomsday Seed Vault in the Arctic Win World Food Prize

About 20 years ago, Fowler, now the U.S. special envoy for Global Food Security, and Hawtin, an agricultural scientist from the United Kingdom, envisioned the so-called “doomsday vault” as a backup ... Read More

Men behind the doomsday seed vault in the Arctic win World Food Prize ...

Fowler and Hawtin said they hope their selection as World Food Prize laureates will enable them push for hundreds of millions of dollars in additional funding of seed bank endowments around the world. Read More