More than 100,000 African seeds are placed in the World Semeni Stranding Institute on Spetsbergen

On February 25, the World Agricultural Production Center (Cifor-ICRAF) sent trees seeds that are of particular importance for Africa communities in the global storage of seeds on the island of Spitsbergen, located in the Arctic Ocean.

Among the added seeds are species that play a key role in increasing the resistance of climate change, for example, the Faidherbia albida tree capable of turning nitrogen into ammonia and nitrates, Cordia Africana, Sudanese tick, known for its strength and durability, as well as African baubab (Adansonia Digitata).

The global seed storage, located in the Arctic eternal permafrost on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, was created as a reserve to preserve world agricultural biodiversity. Currently, there are duplicates of 1.3 million samples of seeds from around the world in the storage.