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Safeguarding the future of food security
2014-05-14 15:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tucked away beneath the rolling Sussex countryside, crate upon crate of bloated, brown paper bags are piled high. Fastened with a clerical bulldog clip and neatly labelled, the unassuming exteriors belie their import. For within these bland wrappers are crucial tools for safeguarding our food security in the face of climate change, pests, population growth and disease: seeds. But these are no run-of-the-mill offerings - they are wild, undomesticated relatives of 29 of our most crucial global crops,...
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