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Agriculture in Bolivia

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

t-sabol-00003

Date

2018-09-13

This image shows an area of tropical dry forest lying close to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Since the mid-1980s, the resettlement of people from the Altiplano and a large agricultural development effort (the Tierras Baja project) has lead to this area's deforestation. Soybean production began in earnest in the early 1970s following a substantial increase in the crop's world price. At the centre of each pie or radial patterned field is a small community that includes a church, bar/café, school, and soccer field. Image taken from the international space station in july 2018.