Paraguayan rice farmers say irrigation does not affect the flow of the Paraguay River

(By EFE) Paraguayan rice farmers reported this Saturday that the use of water for cereal production in the Paraguay River basin does not influence the historic drop in the riverbed level, which is currently being recorded. The announcement was made at the initiative of the Paraguayan Rice Federation (Feparroz). “The use of water for rice production in the Paraguay River basin does not influence or have a significant relationship with the historical flow of the river,” it stated in a press release. The decrease in the current has impacted river transport. Vessels have been forced to reduce the volume of cargo by up to 70% in the southern stretch of the Paraguay River, a route through which 80% of the country's foreign trade flows and which serves as a link with its neighbors and the ...