In the midst of war, this Syrian seed bank is still going

Grist
By Courtney FulliloveApr 23, 2017, 6:00 am187 pts
For more than four years, the headquarters of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in the Syrian town of Tal Hadya has been occupied by the anti-Assad groups Al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham. ICARDA is one of 15 major international agricultural research centers, and the site of…

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