Over 10,000 seeds from different varieties of crops are being sent to the Arctic in anticipation of the effects of climate change.

The seeds will ensure the security of food globally. New varieties of crops have been added to the "Doomsday Seed Vault" in Norway.

The Doomsday Seed Vault, or the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, is a secure seed bank on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen about 1,300 kilometers from the North Pole.

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Over 825,000 samples of seeds are already housed in the seed vault. This seed store represents 13,000 years of agricultural history.

While the world's food supplies can be threatened by war, accidents and natural disasters, this Arctic seed bank serves as a back-up of a network of seed banks around the world.

The Global Crop Diversity Trust (GCDT), the people who take care and manage the vault, said that protecting the world's diverse crops is fundamental for ensuring food security in the face of climate change.

That's why a series of deliveries went to Svalbard this month.

These deliveries came from Bulgaria, Columbia, India, and Taiwan. Each of these countries delivered different varieties of seeds.

The shipments include types of wheat, barley, corn, sorghum, peal millet, chickpeas, groundnuts, and Asian and African aubergine. There are also different vegetables from Africa and plants from around the world.

GCDT said preserving different food plant varieties will help breed and develop crops able to withstand a changing climate that are more resistant and able to cope with warmer temperatures.

GCDT executive director Marie Haga explained that Svalbard symbolizes people's efforts towards a long-term, sustainable and positive solution to keep feeding the world.

She went on to say the issue of world hunger is a global one. The way things are going, food production will be reduced and prices will rise.

"'Crop diversity is essential if we are to provide more food, more nutritious food and affordable food for the poor," she said.

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