ARTE ReportageSeeds of War

When fighting in Syria drew close to Aleppo, agronomists at the International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) launched a daring operation to save their collection. They managed to evacuate almost all of their seed bank to the Global Seed Vault in Svalbard.

Director

Sébastien Mesquida

Author

Sébastien Mesquida

Country

France

Year

2018

Duration

37 min

Available

From 26/03/2024 to 30/10/2025

Genre

Documentaries and Reportage

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