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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