21. Cocaine is made from the coca plant . 22. The coca plants all withered and died a few days after the chemicals rained down. 23. The Bolivian Government is paying farmers dlrs 2, 500 per hectare of coca plants destroyed. 24. New coca plants are destroyed by police and soldiers, who have clashed with peasant farmers. 25. Over the last three years about 106, 000 acres of coca plants have been uprooted. 26. Plots denuded of coca plants are abandoned and cause serious problems with erosion during seasonal rains. 27. Colombia is the world's largest producer of cocaine, which is made from coca plants . 28. We've tried out a defoliant that destroys coca plants but also burns up food crops. 29. Coca farmers have threatened to block roads if the government continues efforts to eradicate illegal coca plants . 30. "Coca plants that feed the cocaine industry must be destroyed, " he said.
