Peru has long been one of the world's largest producers of coca, the plant often used to produce cocaine.<br /><br />It figures alongside Afghanistan, Columbia and Mexico in the list of countries where growing plants that can yield narcotics is a multibillion-dollar industry.<br /><br />Although Peru has seen a recent surge in the coca production, a United Nations initiative is helping farmers in the city of Tocache abandon coca and find alternative crops.<br /><br />Officials think they can replicate the town's success in other farming areas.<br /><br /> Al Jazeera's Rosiland reports.<br /><br />[March 2, 2010]
