Soybean Fever in Paraguay

Following up on a previus post about the threat of soybeans to the Brazilian Pantanal, the BBC has an article about the same topic on neighboring Paraguay: Soybean Fever Transforms Paraguay.

In Paraguay many small farmers have been displaced by the large-scale production of soybean plantations. Soybeans now account for 50% of Paraguay’s exports.

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  1. El Sur » Blog Archive » “Paraguay, the Fourth Power”:

    [...] enos Aires daily Clarin. Ok, so they’re talking about soybeans. Why do I have this continuing obsession with soybeans? I really don’t understand it. [...]

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