Date published: 2007/03/13
The BBC says:
Two leading food crop research groups have signed a deal to ensure the long-term survival of the world's largest repository of rice varieties.
The Genetic Resources Center, based in the Philippines, houses 100,000 rice samples in a disaster-proof facility.
The Global Crop Diversity Trust and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) will provide the centre with $600,000 (£311,000) each year.
An estimated three billion people depend upon rice as their main food.
Some good news.
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