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Seeds NPR's Dan Charles reports on an international agreement just reached among more than a hundred nations that guarantees access to the world's seed banks. These vaults, scattered around the world, contain rice, corn and other seed varieties from which much of the world's food supply originates.

Seeds

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Seeds

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NPR's Dan Charles reports on an international agreement just reached among more than a hundred nations that guarantees access to the world's seed banks. These vaults, scattered around the world, contain rice, corn and other seed varieties from which much of the world's food supply originates.

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