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IAEA / Crop Seeds Return From Space In Project To Help Feed Warming Planet

By David Dalton
18 April 2023

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Crop Seeds Return From Space In Project To Help Feed Warming Planet
A cargo craft carried the seeds from the International Space Station to Earth and made a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Florida. Courtesy Nasa.
Seeds sent into space last year have returned to Earth in a new milestone for joint efforts by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) to develop resilient crops that can help provide sufficient food as the planet heats up.

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