ARTE Reportage
Seeds of War37 min
Available until 31/10/2028
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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