Ã…smund Asdal (born 1957) is a Norwegian biologist and agronomist, employed a
Nordic Genetic Resource Center(NordGen) as Coordinator of Operation and Management of th
Svalbard Global Seed VaultSGSV).
He facilitates seed deposits in the SGSV from the international community of
gene banks
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and research institutes holding seed collections of plant genetic resources, and is responsible for information and media visits to the Seed Vault.
From 2001 to 2015 he managed the Norwegian national program for plant genetic resources at the Norwegian Genetic Resource Centre. He has also conducted research for the
Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research (Bioforsk), the
Norwegian Genetic Resources Centre and the
Norwegian Crop Research Institute.
Publications include ''Fra forsøksgården på Landvik til Norsk institutt for Planteforskning:Planteforsk Landvik 50 år'' (2000)
and ''Kompostkvalitet - dokumentasjon og anbefalinger: rapport fra prosjektet Utvikling av kompostprodukter'' (2002).
References
Norwegian biologists
Living people
1957 births
Norwegian agronomists
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