Convincing coca farmers to plant legal crops is better than spraying poisonous pesticides to wipe out the plants. And yet it turns out these crop substitution programs are problematic, disrupting livelihoods and unintentionally causing violence and deforestation.
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The Bush Administration should be concerned about the potentialchaos in the Andean region and take immediate action to adjust itspolicies to address the many problems facing the region before theydeteriorate further.
illicit narcotics and a big part of the equation is restoring the presence of the colombian state in areas where it is absent. we are talking about prosperity. creating opportunities for farmers to do other things. crop substitution and providing the infrastructure to get there legal products to market. if you want to get in touch with me about any of the stories that you have seen so far i m on twitter. i m looking forward to hearing from you. still to come on the programme the world s old escape paintings are discovered in indonesia. we get rare access to this remarkable find.