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| location_city = [[Chang La]], [[Ladakh]]<br />
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'''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.<ref name="bi1">{{cite web |title=Freezing Future: Inside Chang La, India's Doomsday Vault In The Himalayas |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/132661/chang-la-ladakh-doomsday-vault-india/ |website=The Better India |date=1 March 2018}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
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.<ref name="bba1">{{cite web |title=Beej Bachao Andolan, Save Seed Movement of Uttarakhand |url=https://www.euttarakhand.com/beej-bachao-andolan |website=Uttarakhand Stories|language=en |date=28 March 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Seed storage==<br />
It stores over 10,000 seeds accessions and 200 plant species.<ref name="fb1">{{cite web |last1=Dobson |first1=Jim |title=A Doomsday Vault In India Holds Frozen Storage For The Survival Of Future Generations |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimdobson/2019/02/23/a-doomsday-vault-in-india-holds-frozen-storage-for-the-survival-of-future-generations/?sh=1bee3fce1cec |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref name="tg1">{{cite web |title=Seed safety vault in Ladakh |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/seed-safety-vault-in-ladakh/cid/518542 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
[[Svalbard Global Seed Vault]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:2010 establishments in Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
[[Category:2010 in the environment]]<br />
[[Category:Agricultural organisations based in India]]<br />
[[Category:Conservation projects]]<br />
[[Category:Disaster recovery]]<br />
[[Category:Emergency management in India]]<br />
[[Category:Gene banks]]<br />
[[Category:Indian companies established in 2010]]<br />
[[Category:Protected areas of India]]<br />
[[Category:Science and technology in India]]<br />
[[Category:Seed associations]]<br />
[[Category:Tunnels in India]]<br />
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