International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas
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Svalbard Global Seed VaultThe International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) requested its seeds for drought- and heat-resistant strains of wheat and other crops that had been diminished in the Syrian conflict for the establishment of new regional seed banks in Morocco and Lebanon. Previously ICARDA had…
Read MoreThe International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) requested its seeds for drought- and heat-resistant strains of wheat and other crops that had been diminished in the Syrian conflict for the establishment of new regional seed banks in Morocco and Lebanon. Previously ICARDA had…
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Seeds on IceSeeds on Ice transcriptThis was the International Center for Agricultural Research in [the] Dry Areas, which is [a] big international institute, abbreviated to ICARDA. Previously ICARDA had its headquarters and gene bank in Aleppo in Syria. And, fortunately, ICARDA sent copies of their seeds to Svalbard, already from the beginning in…
Read MoreThis was the International Center for Agricultural Research in [the] Dry Areas, which is [a] big international institute, abbreviated to ICARDA. Previously ICARDA had its headquarters and gene bank in Aleppo in Syria. And, fortunately, ICARDA sent copies of their seeds to Svalbard, already from the beginning in…
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