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| Title: | South America: Colombia: Coca Growing Declines |
| Published On: | 2009-06-20 |
| Source: | New York Times (NY) |
| Fetched On: | 2009-06-20 04:34:14 |
COLOMBIA: COCA GROWING DECLINES
Cultivation of coca, the plant used to produce cocaine, fell 18
percent in Colombia last year, largely because of manual eradication
efforts, the United Nations said in a report issued Friday. Cocaine
production in Colombia, the world's largest producer of the drug,
also fell 28 percent from a year earlier. These declines were partly
offset by increases in coca cultivation in Bolivia, up 6 percent, and
in Peru, up 4.5 percent, the report said. The declines in Colombia
point to a return to cultivation levels of earlier this decade.
Cultivation of coca, the plant used to produce cocaine, fell 18
percent in Colombia last year, largely because of manual eradication
efforts, the United Nations said in a report issued Friday. Cocaine
production in Colombia, the world's largest producer of the drug,
also fell 28 percent from a year earlier. These declines were partly
offset by increases in coca cultivation in Bolivia, up 6 percent, and
in Peru, up 4.5 percent, the report said. The declines in Colombia
point to a return to cultivation levels of earlier this decade.
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