31. In Bolivia, 34, 000 acres of coca plants have been eradicated since the beginning of 1998. 32. And there is obvious application for the Drug Enforcement Administration, seeking to detect marijuana and coca plants . 33. An attack on coca plants may be only a first salvo in the attack of the Fusarium fungus. 34. Growers have insisted that the government help them grow alternative crops if it insists on destroying coca plants . 35. In 2006 the Colombian government destroyed around 730 square kilometres, reaching new records in coca plant destruction. 36. Samper said Colombia last year destroyed 25, 402 hectares of illegal coca plants , used to make cocaine. 37. Colombia is the second-most important source of coca plants in the world, trailing only neighboring Peru. 38. The fungus can live on in the soil for many years, moving from one coca plant to another. 39. The government remained firm in its decision to eradicate all illegal coca plants in the Chapare without compensating farmers. 40. The Bolivian Government is paying farmers 2, 500 dollars per hectare of coca plants destroyed voluntarily by farmers.
