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A wave of violent conflict is sweeping the Paraguayan countryside driven by demand for a single crop: soy. In Paraguay’s soybean heartlands, rural communities are enduring illegal evictions, armed attacks, poisoning by illegal fumigations and criminalisation – all to secure land to grow soy for export. Global Witness travelled to eastern Paraguay to investigate this conflict. Around 40% of Paraguay’s soy exports are handled by just two of the world’s biggest firms: Cargill and ADM. 80% of the global soy harvest is used in animal feed.
