NEW PARAGUAY PORT COMPLEX PART OF BOOM IN COUNTRY’S SOY PRODUCTION
February 1st, 2008
BY RACHEL JONES, in Caracas
WHILE Paraguay has been producing and exporting soy since the 1970s, its dependence on soy products has increased dramatically over the last decade - a development that has been encouraged through heavy investment by international agribusiness. The South American nation is now the world's sixth largest soy producer and fourth largest exporter (behind Brazil, the US and Argentina), according to America's Department of Agriculture (USDA), and multinational giants such as Bunge and Archer Daniels Midland have established a presence ...
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