The Svalbard Global Seed Vault

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault Photographer Caroline Poiron tracks embryos of plant life from their origin on a farm in Hyderabad, India to the
Caroline Poiron / Light Mediation

Genesis
Seeds from these sorghum plants, part of a study of sustainable ecological farming in Hyderabad, India, are bound for the vault on Svalbard.

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