US EditionMen behind the doomsday seed vault in the Arctic win World Food Prize
- Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin are honored as the 2024 World Food Prize laureates for their work on crop conservation and the creation of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
- The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, initiated in 2004 by Fowler and Hawtin, now houses 1.25 million seed samples from various countries.
- The laureates aim to secure additional funding for seed bank endowments worldwide with their World Food Prize recognition.
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Men behind the doomsday seed vault in the Arctic win World Food Prize
DES MOINES, Iowa — As Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin began thinking about ways to prevent starvation and protect the world's food supply, they came up with what Fowler called "the craziest idea anybody ever had": a global seed vault…
'Doomsday' vault creators win $500,000 World Food Prize
On the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in the Arctic Circle, 120 metres deep into the permafrost and rock, an underground vault safeguards 1.25 million seed samples of more than 6,000 plant species — "with room for millions more."
World Food Prize goes to 2 who helped protect vital seeds in an Arctic Circle vault
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two men who were instrumental in creating a global seed vault designed to safeguard the world’s agricultural diversity will be honored as the 2024 World Food Prize laureates. Officials announced Thursday that the prize will go to Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin. Fowler is the U.S. special envoy for Global Food Security, and Hawtin is an agricultural scientist and executive board member…
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Men behind the doomsday seed vault in the Arctic win World Food Prize
Two men who were instrumental in creating a global seed vault designed to safeguard the world’s agricultural diversity will be honored as the 2024 World Food Prize laureates. Officials announced
World Food Prize goes to 2 who helped protect vital seeds in an Arctic Circle vault
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 World Food Prize laureates, officials announced Thursday in Washington.Cary Fowler, the U.S. special envoy for Global Food Security, and Geoffrey Hawtin, an agricultural scientist from the United Kingdom and executive board member at the Global Crop Diversity Tru…
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