The world used to cultivate over 6,000 different plants but U.N.
The vault, which holds over 1.1 million seed samples of nearly 6,000 plant species from 89 seed banks globally, also serves as a backup for plant breeders to develop new crop varieties. "The fact that the seed collection destroyed in Syria during the civil war has been systematically rebuilt shows that the vault functions as an insurance for current and future food supply and for local food security," said Norwegian International Development Minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim. ICARDA made the first seed withdrawal from the vault in 2015 to replace a collection damaged by the war, and two further withdrawals in 20 to rebuild its own collections, now held in Lebanon and Morocco. Consistent food is the goal and can be easily achieved if seeds are stored correctly. In this way, you will always have seed ready if a crop fails or if you wish a second planting in the season. Heirloom Seed Vault guarantees all our seed as being fresh and of the highest quality. Careful seed rotation will help ensure the freshest seed is saved while those getting older are planted first. It has the capacity to safeguard up to 4.5 million crop types. The International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), which moved its headquarters to Beirut from Aleppo in 2012 because of the war in Syria, will deposit some 8,000 samples. Built in 2008 by the Norwegian government as a safety net against accidental loss of diversity, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault recently received seeds from 33. We test the germination rate and purity of all our seeds before shipping. In terms of containment, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is impressive. Thieves have broken into basements in two cities in Afghanistan to steal plastic containers.
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