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Men behind the doomsday seed vault in the Arctic win World Food Prize

Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin are honored as the 2024 World Food Prize laureates for their work on crop conservation and the creation of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, initiated in 2004 by Fowler and Hawtin, now houses 1.25 million seed samples from various countries.
The laureates aim to secure additional funding for seed bank endowments worldwide with their World Food Prize recognition.

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Associated Press News

Men behind the doomsday seed vault in the Arctic win World Food Prize

Two men who were instrumental in creating a global seed vault designed to safeguard the world’s agricultural diversity will be honored as the 2024 World Food Prize laureates. Officials announced

11 days ago·United States

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World Food Prize goes to 2 who helped protect vital seeds in an Arctic Circle vault

Two men who were instrumental in creating a global seed vault designed to safeguard the world’s agricultural diversity will be honored as the 2024 World Food Prize laureates

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World Food Prize goes to 2 who helped protect vital seeds in an Arctic Circle vault

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two men who were instrumental in creating a global seed vault designed to safeguard the world’s agricultural diversity will be honored as the 2024 World Food Prize laureates. Officials announced Thursday that the prize will go to Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin. Fowler is the U.S. special envoy for Global Food Security, and Hawtin is an agricultural scientist and executive board member…

11 days ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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World Food Prize goes to 2 who helped protect vital seeds in an Arctic Circle vault

11 days ago·Panama City, United States

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National Post

'Doomsday' vault creators win $500,000 World Food Prize

On the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in the Arctic Circle, 120 metres deep into the permafrost and rock, an underground vault safeguards 1.25 million seed samples of more than 6,000 plant species — "with room for millions more."

11 days ago·Canada

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Raw Story

Scientists win World Food Prize for work on Global Seed Vault

Scientists Geoffrey Hawtin and Cary Fowler, who on Thursday received the prestigious World Food Prize for "their work to preserve the world's heritage of seeds", are on a mission.Their vocation is to safeguard as many seeds as possible so that one day the world can benefit from their genetic characteristics. Their work is all in the name of protecting global food security.Hawtin and Fowler helped set up a world reserve of seeds dug into a glacie…

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