There is nothing to replace coca': Colombia's struggling farmers tempted by illegal crops
Briefly

"I was very close to going back to growing coca leaves because I couldn't find a way to make money. What is the use of a piece of land if I can't produce?"
"If the government had complied [with the agreement], I would be well organised by now. Everything they gave me, I invested here. But it's not enough."
"The crop substitution programme... was intended to reduce drug trafficking in the country. It offers tools to peasants to transition from coca plantations to another source of income."
"The state's admission that coca crops were an issue of development and rural poverty was one of the key innovations of the peace treaty."
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