History and importance of agrobiodiversity

This video is facilitated by the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. It was produced in 2004 and talks about the long history and importance of agrobiodiversity. It describes the mutual adaptation between farmers and their environment and the role of farmer selection with a historical approach.

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ILRI genebank

This video gives an overview of the ILRI gene bank, as the Svalbard global seed vault is opened and international efforts to store seeds for the good of the whole world, increase.

This video talks about using the fodder crop diversity in the ILRI gene bank.
Seeds from the ILRI gene bank contain genetic diversity that could help the world respond to problems in the future , such as drought or flooding caused by climate changes.

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Documentary of seed hunter

Documentary on genetic diversity, land races, crop wild relatives and more.

Our planet is heating up and one of the first casualties will be the crops that supply our food. Scientists are working overtime to find solutions including going back to the ancestral origins of our staple foods.

Seed Hunter will take you on a remarkable journey from the drought ravaged farms of Australia, to the heart of the Middle East, to the mountains of Tajikistan where charismatic Australian scientist Dr Ken Street – a real life version of Indiana Jones - and his team of ‘gene detectives’ hunt for plant genes that will help our food withstand the impact of 21st century global warming.

Along the way we meet farmers around the world who are struggling to grow crops in a climate that’s gone haywire, as well as scientists working at the front line of gene technology to save tomorrow’s food. At journey’s end, deep in the Arctic Circle, Ken deposits his bounty of seed in the newly constructed seed bank known as the ‘doomsday vault.’

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Importance of conservation

TED talk of Cary Fowler: One seed at a time, protecting the future of food

The varieties of wheat, corn and rice we grow today may not thrive in a future threatened by climate change.

Cary Fowler takes us inside a vast global seed bank, buried within a frozen mountain in Norway, that stores a diverse group of food-crop for whatever tomorrow may bring.

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