Coca in the Amazon – The anti-development crop

Mongabay
Dec 6, 2023, 7:27 am178 pts
The most lucrative agricultural system in the Amazon is neither soy nor palm oil, but coca leaf, which is cultivated for both legal and illegal markets. There are two species, Erythroxylum coca, which is grown at higher elevations and is preferred for the legal market, and Erythroxylum novogratenensis, which is…

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