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Why don't they wait for the situation to stabilize there for a few years before they start replanting crops that are just as likely to fail or be destroyed? The
by surge 11y ago
Why don't they wait for the situation to stabilize there for a few years before they start replanting crops that are just as likely to fail or be destroyed? The war isn't even over.
If they're planting the crops elsewhere just to get something going now that is not in storage, to replant later in Syria, then it makes sense.
- akiselev 11y agoThe organization that runs the Middle Eastern seed bank moved the location from Aleppo, Syria to Beirut, Lebanon in 2012. The article doesn't explain it very well but this transfer is meant to restock an active agricultural seed bank, that distributes seeds to the region's farmers, from last resort cold storage. Once the seeds are planted and bred, more seeds will probably be sent back to cold storage to replenish what they took. Edit: ICARDA [1], the requesting organization, is also decentralized by default with operations in almost a dozen countries so the seeds will be safe. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Center_for_Agricultural_Research_in_the_Dry_Areas https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Center_for_Agr...