Peru snuffing out drug crops
- 12 years ago
The government of Peru want to change its image as the world's top exporter of pure cocaine by encouraging farmers to grow food, instead of coca leaves.
President Ollanta Humala's new policy overhaul includes a 20% increase in funding for social development as well as crop substitution in coca producing regions like the famed Vrae Valley.
In the final of a two part series, AJE looks at the efforts being made to crackdown on the country's "narco-terrorists".
Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports from Peru's Vrae valley.
President Ollanta Humala's new policy overhaul includes a 20% increase in funding for social development as well as crop substitution in coca producing regions like the famed Vrae Valley.
In the final of a two part series, AJE looks at the efforts being made to crackdown on the country's "narco-terrorists".
Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports from Peru's Vrae valley.