comunitat-uji-handle:10234/9
comunitat-uji-handle2:10234/8019
comunitat-uji-handle3:10234/8633
comunitat-uji-handle4:
INVESTIGACION
Abstract
For years Colombia has been the world's largest coca
producer. Its public management of crops for illicit use
has swung between eradication, substitution, and, recently
legalization. Forced eradication has been ... [+]
For years Colombia has been the world's largest coca
producer. Its public management of crops for illicit use
has swung between eradication, substitution, and, recently
legalization. Forced eradication has been shown to be
ineffective, and legalization is an incipient option, so the
Peace Agreement puts forward substitution as the path to
follow. Yet, what kind of substitution does it suggest? This
article analyzes voluntary substitution projects in Peasant
Reserve Zones. While some projects have evolved locally
due in part to strong peasant associations, they have not
gained traction nationally. In general, the difficulties
inherent in any business play a role, but there are also
structural limitations such as continued fumigations,
obligations of prior eradication, the costs of production
and transportation due to the lack of infrastructure and
public services, and the issue of land rights, which limits
peasants' access to the formal funding established by the
Peace Agreement. [-]
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