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PHL rice samples added to seed vault in Norwegian Arctic
Business World Philippines
|November 04, 2025
ABOUT 4,417 samples of Philippine rice seed were added to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway, a secure Arctic facility that will be tapped should the world need to start agriculture from scratch in the event of a global calamity, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said in a statement.
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Many Philippine samples added in October were collected by the Philippine Rice Research Institute since the 1980s, with a further batch expected to be added next year to preserve global rice biodiversity, the DA said.
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