Iraq took a significant step toward improving food security by establishing the groundwork for the region's first seed bank.

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By John Lee. In a landmark move to protect Iraq's agricultural legacy and strengthen its food security, the foundation stone ...

A vault built on an Arctic island to preserve the world's crop seeds from war, disease and other catastrophes will receive new deposits on Wednesday, including for the first time from Iraq and ...

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Iraq's first deposit will consist of 418 seed samples of wild and cultivated species, including wheat and rice, while Uruguay's initial delivery comes in the form of 1,892 seeds of wheat and barley.