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Last updated: 13/02/2008
From Ibadan, Nigeria, twenty-one boxes filled with 7,000 unique seed samples from more than 36 African nations are shipped to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
All photo: The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture i Nigeria (IITA).
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Cowpea seeds.
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Cowpea on display in the market.
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Genebank staff checking accession number as they are packed in shipment box.
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Genebank staff checking accession number as they are packed in shipment box.
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Svalbard boxes ready for shipment. Each shipment/storage box contains the list of accessions with minimum germplasm data (Institute code, Accessions number, Scientific and common name, Number of seeds per pack, Year of regeneration, Country of origin).
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Svalbard shipment boxes.
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