Paraguay gold rush leaves tea producers bitter
- Tensions between yerba mate farmers and gold miners escalated in Paso Yobai, Paraguay.
- An Ecuadoran miner's discovery of gold in the 1990s prompted the shift in Paso Yobai.
- The expansion of gold mining, with over 300 excavations, many illegal, threatens yerba mate production.
- Vidal Britez said miners have destroyed the canals, springs, and swamps, polluting water.
- The gold rush risks environmental damage and disrupts the traditional yerba mate industry.
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Initiatives for Paraguay's agriculture under way
Paraguay's progress in sustainable agriculture and technological innovation to enhance its farming sector was highlighted Wednesday in Asunción at a Conference on Sustainable Agriculture on Family Farms organized by the National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (Inbio)
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