How Seeds from Kharkiv Reached the Arctic "Doomsday Vault"
Life | | 227 | Author: Olena Zelenina
Collage by Olena Zelenina. Photo: Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food
Ukraine has taken a crucial step to protect its food security. On October 13, 2026, 773 seed samples of 10 domestic agricultural crops were officially delivered to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, located on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.
This marks the first transfer of Ukrainian genetic material to the Arctic vault since the start of the full-scale invasion and the second in history (the previous transfer took place in 2012). Although plans last summer called for sending about a thousand samples, a duplicate collection of cereal, green manure, and forage crops has already been safely placed into the underground permafrost tunnels.
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