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Svalbard Global Seed Vault

20,000 new seed samples deposited in Svalbard

[27.02.2014]

A new shipment of seeds from food plants has been deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault for long-term storage. The shipment, that was transported to the seed vault in Longyearbyen this week, contains 20,000 seed samples from Japan, Brazil, Peru, Mexico and the USA.

Statssekretær i Landbruks- og matdepartementet Hanne Maren Blåfjelldal

Norwegian contribution to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture's Benefit-Sharing Fund

[06.02.2014]

Norway is paying close to NOK 700,000 to the International Plant Treaty's Benefit-Sharing Fund. This corresponds to 0.1 per cent of the value of the trade in seed products in agriculture in Norway in 2013, and is an annual contribution from Norwegian agriculture toward the efforts of farmers in developing countries to safeguard plant diversity.

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Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Telephone: +47 22 24 90 90
Fax: +47 22 24 95 55

Address

Teatergata 9 (R6), Oslo
Post:
Postboks 8007 Dep.
N-0030 Oslo, Norway