During January, other national seed banks supported by the ConsultativeGrouponInternationalAgriculturalResearch (CGIAR) began packing and shipping duplicate collections that will be stored at Svalbard.
According to a study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Economic Entomology, by Paul van Mele of the ConsultativeGrouponInternationalAgriculturalResearch and his colleagues, African mango farmers could increase their harvests by as much as two-thirds with the help of these doughty insects.