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Aiming a blow at narcos, Colombia pays farmers to uproot coca
Aiming a blow at narcos, Colombia pays farmers to uproot coca
Economy
by  AFP

With cocaine production at an all-time high, Colombia's government is testing a pacific approach to its narcotics problem: paying farmers to uproot crops of coca, the drug's main ingredient. With high stakes for its crop replacement gamble, observers fear the government may be taken advantage of.