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
You may also like
Re: Georgian Tea Pioneers
Roots
Fighting Desertification
Data Sources
North Korea: Hunting Down Fugitives
Sunken Warships in the North Sea
Danger on the Seabed
Crazy Borders
Llivia, Between France and Spain
ARTE Reportage
Kazakhstan: Greetings from Baikonur
Arte Reportage
Greenland: Proud to Be Inuit
ARTE Reportage
Cambodia: Blood Bricks
ARTE Reportage
Gangs of Haiti
The most viewed videos on ARTE
Happiness
Unhappy
Having Good Sex
Twist
Retro: More Than Nostalgia?
ARTE Europe Weekly
Can Europe defend itself against the threat from drones?
Mapping the World
World Cities Heating Up
Gymnastics
The Painting that Divides Humanity
Gymnastics
The Mona Lisa's Eyes Don't Follow You Around the Room
ARTE Reportage
Kazakhstan: Greetings from Baikonur
Arte Reportage
Greenland: Proud to Be Inuit
Butterfly