Scientists are racing to protect the world’s seeds from natural disasters and war. But what happens when those disasters come ...

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 ...

On a remote Arctic island, scientists have swung open the doors of the world’s largest so called doomsday vault and offered a ...

Two-thirds of the world’s food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, oil-palm fruit, sugar beet and cassava. In the past, farmers grew tens of ...

In this photo released by the World Food Prize Foundation, Cary Fowler, left, and Geoffrey Hawtin are shown Feb. 24, 2014, at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. On Thursday, May 9, 2024, Fowler ...

Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin, two men who led the effort to create the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, will receive the 2024 World Food Prize. The vault opened in 2008 and now holds 1.25 million seed ...

In the past, farmers grew tens of thousands of crop varieties around the world. This biodiversity protected agriculture from crop losses caused by plant diseases and climate change. Today, seed banks ...

— -- A doomsday seed vault on a remote Norwegian island in the Arctic Ocean opened Tuesday, creating a bank of more than 100 million seeds representing every major food crop on Earth. The ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Adriana Craciun, Boston University (THE CONVERSATION) Two-thirds of the world’s food ...

Two-thirds of the world's food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, oil-palm fruit, sugar beet and cassava. In the past, farmers grew tens of ...

MEN INSTRUMENTAL IN CREATING A GLOBAL SEED VAULT TO SAFEGUARD THE WORLD’S AGRICULTURAL DIVERSITY WILL BE HONORED AS THE 2024 WORLD FOOD PRIZE LAUREATES. THAT PRIZE, AWARDED IN IOWA, GOES TO DOCTORS ...