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

World Food Prize: Two men honored for creating 'doomsday' seed vault

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

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

Svalbard Global Seed Vault evokes epic imagery and controversy ... - MSN

Tens of thousands of new seeds from around the world arrived at the seed vault on Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, in mid-October 2024. Read More

Geoffrey Hawtin, Cary Fowler win World Food Prize for arctic seed vault

Farmers will need crop diversity if plants are going to adapt to the changing climate, say World Food Prize winners who built arctic vault for seeds. Read More

2024 World Food Prize awarded to scientists protecting food security ...

The 2024 World Food Prize was awarded to scientists Geoffrey Hawtin and Cary Fowler, who were instrumental in establishing the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which holds 1.25 million seed samples of ... Read More

World Food Prize winners: Preserving seed diversity key to adapting to ...

Farmers will need crop diversity if plants are going to adapt to the changing climate, say World Food Prize winners who built arctic vault for seeds. Read More

Svalbard Global Seed Vault evokes controversy, cultural meaning

Today, seed banks around the world are doing much of the work of saving crop varieties that could be essential resources under future growing conditions. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway ... Read More

Arctic doomsday seed vault gets more than 14,000 new samples

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 Tuesday, a custodian of the ... Read More

World Food Prize awarded to scientists protecting food security with a ...

This year's World Food Prize was awarded to scientists Geoffrey Hawtin and Cary Fowler, who were instrumental in establishing the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which holds 1.25 million seed samples ... Read More

Svalbard Global Seed Vault evokes epic imagery and controversy because ...

I see the Global Seed Vault as a lively and fragile place, powered not by money or technology but by the strange power of seeds. The World Food Prize once again highlights their vital promise. Read More