ClimateWire: The DNA of the world's food crops just got a little more secure. Two leading agricultural organizations, the Global Crop Diversity Trust and CGIAR (formerly known as the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) Consortium, have agreed to invest $109 million over the next five years in the world's seed banks, which maintain 706,000 samples of seeds and vegetative material. Most of the funds will go into maintenance and regular operations in the seed banks at 11 CGIAR research...
URL: http://www.eenews.net/public/climatewire/2013/02/06/1
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