What kinds of seed will be stored in Svalbard?
Initially at least, all types of seed of the different food crops. There are, for example, more than 100,000 different kinds of rice. We would hope that SGSV would have a package of seeds of each of these different types. Will the Svalbard Global Seed Vault store GMOs? GMOs only exist in a few crops, so for now, and for most crops the answer is No. The likelihood of their being present in the collections that will sent for storage to Svalbard ranges from zero to miniscule at most. However, some could eventually be stored there. Is it a problem? No matter whether you love, hate or have a neutral attitude towards GMOs, you have to consider that all seed will be stored in sealed aluminum packages, in boxes, behind locked doors, near the North Pole. If there is danger, it would be associated with their use in the environment and the food system, not with their existence in a frozen state in the Seed Vault. How safe and secure will the seeds be in the Seed Vault? They will be as safe as the
