'Doomsday' vault: Malaysia contributes rice, eggplant, and long bean seeds


A box of seeds from Malaysia being stored at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

SHAH ALAM: Malaysia has successfully deposited heritage seeds and traditional varieties of plants at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV) located on Longyearbyen Island, Norway, Malay language daily Sinar Harian reports.

The Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) said, in a Facebook post Saturday (March 1), that the vault is situated in permafrost conditions with a natural temperature of less than 18°C.

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