Sentence examples for crop substitution programs from inspiring English sources

Crop substitution programs, which give coca-growing peasants economic incentives to switch crops, deserve expansion.

In the past, he said, crop substitution programs had been largely rejected by the peasants.

Those farms are too big to be eligible for crop substitution programs.

Current crop substitution programs here offer farmers an income of only about 20percentt of their earnings from poppies, said Colonel Dibrell, the American attaché.

The group agreed to sever all ties with the narcotics trade and help implement crop substitution programs in areas where coca and opium poppies are a mainstay.

While aerial spraying is traditionally favored by the United States, many in Colombia argue that crop substitution programs similar to those that proved successful in Bolivia and Peru are more effective ways to wean peasant farmers from drug crops.

Tapia signed up for the crop substitution program.

The U.S. already helps the Bolivian Government with a rudimentary crop substitution program.

Eduardo Diaz, who heads the crop substitution program, says an expensive plan is still better than continuing the drug war.

With public funds squeezed by slowing growth, it's unclear how authorities will be able to afford an oversubscribed crop substitution program.

Arco Iris stresses that its focus is not to make money, but to finance a host of programs, from teaching children about conflict resolution to training human rights workers to running a crop substitution program for coca farmers.