Indian Seed Vault

Indian Seed Vault
Location of Chang La in Ladakh Indian Seed Vault (India)
General information
Type	Seed bank
Location	Himalaya
Town or city	Chang La, Ladakh
Country	India
Coordinates	34°02′49″N 77°55′50″E
Elevation	17,300 feet
Opened	2010
Owner	Indian Government

Indian Seed Vault is a secure seed bank lies in a high-altitude mountain pass on the Chang La seed vault in Ladakh, India. It was built in 2010 jointly by the Defence Institute of High Altitude Research and the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, this seed bank is the second largest in the world.

History

The BBA (Beej Bachao Andolan — Save the Seeds movement) began in the late 1980s in Uttarakhand, India, led by Vijay Jardhari. Seed banks were created to store native varieties of seeds.

Seed storage

It stores over 10,000 seeds accessions and 200 plant species. These seeds include apricots, barley, cabbage, carrots, radish, potatoes, tomatoes, rice, wheat, etc., based on qualities such yield or resistance to temperature, pests and humidity.

See also

Svalbard Global Seed Vault