Malaysia contributes rice, eggplant, and long bean seeds to Doomsday Vault in Norway

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Malaysia Stores Precious Seeds in -18ºC ‘Doomsday Vault’

(source: AFP / New Straits Times & MARDI / Facebook) In a historic move to preserve its agricultural biodiversity, Malaysia has successfully deposited a range of heritage seeds and traditional crop varieties in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV) in the Arctic region of Longyearbyen, Norway. More popularly known as the ‘Doomsday Vault’, the SGSV is essentially humankind’s last resort in the event of a catastrophic loss of essential crops. And …

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Malaysia contributes rice, eggplant, and long bean seeds to Doomsday Vault in Norway