(Suwon=Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Hae-min = The Gyeonggi Seed Management Office announced on the 30th that it has deposited 123 resources of 10 native seed crops produced this year into the Seed Vault at the National Baekdudaegan Mountain Forest Garden in Bonghwa County, North Gyeongsang Province.
The 'Seed Vault' is a permanent seed storage facility prepared for the extinction of wild plant seeds due to global disasters such as climate crisis.
The resources deposited by the Gyeonggi Seed Management Office include mung beans, soybeans, red beans, barnyard grass, kidney beans, millet, peas, barnyard millet, peanuts, and corn.
Since the native seeds have not yet been registered as varieties, they are referred to as 'resources'.
The Seed Management Office decided to strengthen cooperation with the Baekdudaegan Mountain Forest Garden in terms of conservation and information sharing of native seeds and joint research through this deposit ceremony.
Hwang In-sun, the director of the Gyeonggi Seed Management Office, said, "Native seeds are an important asset for maintaining biodiversity and food security" and "With this deposit, we can permanently preserve the native seeds that Gyeonggi Province has produced and managed, so we will continue to strengthen cooperation with the Seed Vault in the future."
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