WFO Ukraine Crisis Agri-Information Hub/Press review2022-04-07T13:07:00+02:00

Press review

This section offers an insight into the media coverage on the issues impacting the agricultural sector as a result of the Ukraine crisis.

Asia One | Ukraine’s giant seed bank at risk of being lost as war rages

In underground vaults near Ukraine's battlefields, the genetic code for nearly 2,000 crops is in danger of being permanently destroyed. The risk came into sharp focus earlier this month when a research facility near Ukraine's national seed bank was damaged, according to Crop Trust, a non-profit organisation set up by the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation.

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