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Mr. Simon Hughes
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs where in Bolivia the land now being used for soya bean production, under a World bank programme, is situated; what acreage is involved; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Chalker
The land involved is the eastern lowlands region in the department of Santa Cruz. The area cultivated for soya bean production in 1989, when the project started, was 110,000 hectares. I also refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 17 January, at column 679, and my answers to the hon. Member for Cynon Valley (Mrs. Clwyd) on 27 January, at column 421, and 28 January, at column 531.