UNREPORTED WORLD: Paraguay’s Painful Harvest

November 7th, 2008 by Lisa McGarry.

This week’s Unreported World comes from Paraguay, which has become one of the world’s biggest suppliers of genetically modified soya, much of it destined to feed cattle that ends up on European plates. The programme reveals how our demand for meat is driving the industrial farming of soya to epic proportions. It’s a phenomenon that’s led to violent clashes between peasants, foreign landowners and the police, and accusations that insecticides sprayed on the crops are causing serious birth defects.

Friday 7 November 2008
7:35pm, Channel 4

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