kapylyanka was recognized as unique and taken to the same planetary storage in svalbard.his collection exists because alexander lukashenko did not allow the destruction of the soviet school of seed production. 22 years ago, the president instructed the biologists and geneticists of the country to develop a program to preserve the plant gene pool. and now the result of this program is recognized as a national treasure based on samples from the collection. our scientists are developing new types of fodder grain and industrial crops. this year, 67% of the seeds that farmers planted in our fields were belarusian seeds of the native patriotic selection. duli in some cultures has even reached 80%. this means that almost everything we eat grows in belarus from belarusian resources and only a small part is brought from abroad. for example, sugar beet our country is not geographically suitable for the production of its seeds, because they are brought to us from the netherlands belgium germany france italy and poland there is a shortage of corn 30% of what belarus imports, but the

. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "svalbard" by leland whitty. this is democracy now!ow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. more than 40,000 asylum seekers have arrived in new york city since last spring. some were sent here on buses against their will. we're going to look now at how many are pleading with new york officials to provide permanent and humane housing, as well as job permits so they can make a living. the city says it has opened 77 emergency shelters and four humanitarian emergency response and relief centers. but this week, dozens of migrants have been sleeping on the sidewalk outside the watson hotel, not far from times square, where they were living for weeks until city officials suddenly evicted them over the weekend to move them to a remote terminal facility filled with 1000 cots head to toe. this is labrador, a venezuelan asylum seeker who was evicted from the watson hotel. as he spoke, he held up a picture on his phone of the new site. >> it is like a jail. what is that? they take million dollars for immigrant programs