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The tiny landlocked South American country of Paraguay is one of the top soy producers on the planet. Soy is the country’s top export, and it accounts for a major chunk of the country’s gross domestic product. But the soy explosion has wreaked havoc on Paraguay’s ecosystem and been a disaster for many small farmers, whose farms have been inundated with pesticides from neighboring soy plantations. Mike Fox reports from the Paraguyan state of Alto Parana.