ARTE ReportageSeeds of War

37 min

Available until 31/10/2025

When fighting in Syria drew close to Aleppo, agronomists at the International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) launched a daring operation to save their collection. They managed to evacuate almost all of their seed bank to the Global Seed Vault in Svalbard.

Director

Sébastien Mesquida

Author

Sébastien Mesquida

Country

France

Year

2018

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