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World Food Prize goes to 2 who helped protect vital seeds in an Arctic Circle vault
![Junge FILE - Exterior view of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, the secure seed bank on Svalbard, Norway, March 2, 2016. Two men who were instrumental in the “craziest idea anyone ever had” of creating a global seed vault designed to safeguard the world's agricultural diversity will be honored as the 2024 World Food Prize laureates, officials announced Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Washington. (Heiko Junge/ NTB scanpix via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3fd5def680d84a0e9b7a077119175362/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Exterior view of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, the secure seed bank on Svalbard, Norway, March 2, 2016. Two men who were instrumental in the “craziest idea anyone ever had” of creating a global seed vault designed to safeguard the world's agricultural diversity will be honored as the 2024 World Food Prize laureates, officials announced Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Washington. (Heiko Junge/ NTB scanpix via AP, File)
![Uncredited In this photo released by the World Food Prize Foundation, Cary Fowler, left, and Geoffrey Hawtin are shown Feb. 24, 2014, at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. On Thursday, May 9, 2024, Fowler and Hawtin were awarded the World Food Prize because of their key roles in creating the seed vault, which now holds 1.25 million seed samples from almost every country in the world. Seeds vaults are important to ensuring the viability of agricultural crops, especially amid a changing climate. (World Food Prize Foundation via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d6936c77b536418eaaeaf1ec2c37f184/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this photo released by the World Food Prize Foundation, Cary Fowler, left, and Geoffrey Hawtin are shown Feb. 24, 2014, at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. On Thursday, May 9, 2024, Fowler and Hawtin were awarded the World Food Prize because of their key roles in creating the seed vault, which now holds 1.25 million seed samples from almost every country in the world. Seeds vaults are important to ensuring the viability of agricultural crops, especially amid a changing climate. (World Food Prize Foundation via AP)
![John Mcconnico FILE - The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is seen in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway, Monday Feb. 25, 2008. Two men who were instrumental in the “craziest idea anyone ever had” of creating a global seed vault designed to safeguard the world's agricultural diversity will be honored as the 2024 World Food Prize laureates, officials announced Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McConnico, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/eb2cf7492a7047d497b78492b55a4081/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is seen in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway, Monday Feb. 25, 2008. Two men who were instrumental in the “craziest idea anyone ever had” of creating a global seed vault designed to safeguard the world's agricultural diversity will be honored as the 2024 World Food Prize laureates, officials announced Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McConnico, File)
![Hakon Mosvold Larsen FILE - The Svalbard Global Seed Vault near Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway, Feb. 26, 2008. Two men who were instrumental in the “craziest idea anyone ever had” of creating a global seed vault designed to safeguard the world's agricultural diversity will be honored as the 2024 World Food Prize laureates, officials announced Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Washington. (Hakon Mosvold Larsen/Scanpix Norway via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c41f2770b67e40dbaf77449d1163ddbb/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - The Svalbard Global Seed Vault near Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway, Feb. 26, 2008. Two men who were instrumental in the “craziest idea anyone ever had” of creating a global seed vault designed to safeguard the world's agricultural diversity will be honored as the 2024 World Food Prize laureates, officials announced Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Washington. (Hakon Mosvold Larsen/Scanpix Norway via AP, File)