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Published online 20 April 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070416-14
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Money given to save genetics of food
Cash injection will safegaurd 21 critical food crops.
Funds have been announced to save 165,000 varieties of 21 food crops, from wheat to potatoes, some of which form the staple diet of people living in developing countries.
The effort, carried out by the Global Crop Diversity Trust and the United Nations Foundation, aims to pool genetic information about the crops, as well as store and maintain live seeds and root-vegetable samples.
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