• The Nordic genebank and knowledge center for genetic resources.

      We safeguard the Nordic genetic resources and facilitate the sustainable use for agriculture, horticulture and forestry, for current and future generations.

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    • Svalbard Global Seed Vault

      NordGen is responsible for the contact with genebanks worldwide interested in depositing duplicates of their seed collections to Svalbard Global Seed Vault. We also handle all the seeds that are sent here for safekeeping.

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News

Award for Nordic research collaboration supporting the conservation of native horse breeds

Did you know that 13 of the 14 Nordic horse breeds are vulnerable or endangered? The award winning project "Genomic mapping as a tool for sustainable breeding in native Nordic horse breeds" is helping change that.

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The future of food security begins with plant breeding

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Svalbard Global Seed Vault partners direct Princess of Asturias prize money toward safeguarding vulnerable seed collections

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Ukraine safeguards seeds at Svalbard Global Seed Vault for the first time since the outbreak of the war

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Our projects

NordGen participate in several different projects focusing on genetic resources in the Nordic region. Our project partners can be found throughout the Nordics and Baltics but also in the rest of the world.

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