Colombian president aims to reduce drug violence and weaken rebels by paying farmers to switch crops
Colombian President Gustavo Petro wants to reduce coca planting in a northeastern region rattled by rebel attacks by paying ...
Colombia's president reveals initiative to replace coca with other crops
The initiative aims to eradicate 25,000 hectares of coca bushes within 140 days while maintaining military operations against ...
Colombia Reports11d
Colombia to restart coca crop restitution program
The government announced to restart a crop restitution program in the northeast in of Colombia as part of a plan to attack the finances of guerrilla group ELN. The resumption of the crop substitution ...
Purdue University College of Agriculture11d
Coffee companions—why Colombian coffee farmers are planting legumes
Asking Colombians Hernán González-Osorio and Cristian Salinas how the coffee they get in the United States compares to the ...
Newsday11d
Colombian president aims to reduce drug violence and weaken rebels by paying farmers to switch crops
The region has approximately 55,000 hectares of coca crops and is one of Colombia's main producers of cocaine. Petro said farmers in Catatumbo will eradicate their coca plantings voluntarily and ...
U.S. News & World Report11d
Colombian President Aims to Reduce Drug Violence and Weaken Rebels by Paying Farmers to Switch Crops
Colombian President Aims to Reduce Drug Violence and Weaken Rebels by Paying Farmers to Switch Crops BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced a plan Monday to reduce ...