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20/08/2009 - Banking On Life

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Richard Scrase looks at the largest seed store in the world.

Richard Scrase looks at the largest seed store in the world, and asks what is the importance of keeping such repositories?

In this study of the history and future of seed banks across the world, Richard Scrase takes a look at the largest such store in the world, The Millennium Seed Bank in Sussex, as it takes in its billionth seed.  

What is the importance of keeping such repositories?

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