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Last updated: 13/02/2008
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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).
![Cowpea seeds. Photo: IITA](/globalassets/upload/lmd/kampanjesvalbard/bildearkiv/nigeria_cowpea_fro_250_f_ii.jpg) Cowpea seeds.
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![Cowpea on display in the market. Photo: IITA](/globalassets/upload/lmd/kampanjesvalbard/bildearkiv/nigeria_cowpea_fro_2_250_f_.jpg) Cowpea on display in the market.
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![Genebank staff checking accession number as they are packed in shipment box. Photo: IITA](/globalassets/upload/lmd/kampanjesvalbard/bildearkiv/nigeria_registreing_250_f_iita.jpg) 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. Photo: IITA](/globalassets/upload/lmd/kampanjesvalbard/bildearkiv/nigeria_registreing_2_250_f.jpg) Genebank staff checking accession number as they are packed in shipment box.
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![Svalbard boxes ready for shipment. Photo: IITA](/globalassets/upload/lmd/kampanjesvalbard/bildearkiv/nigeria_bokser_250_f_iita.jpg) 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. Photo: IITA](/globalassets/upload/lmd/kampanjesvalbard/bildearkiv/nigeria_bokser_2_250_f_iita.jpg) Svalbard shipment boxes.
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