Manuel Altamirano, uno de los primeros colonizadores del valle los ríos Apurímac y Ene (VRAE) y una de las personalidades más notales del distrito de Kimbiri, noted that while coca leaf is directed to the drug trade is a fallacy to speak of its industrialization for licit as many politicians often promise.
Speaking to the Citizen Dialogue program Inforegión indicated that coca be profitable for any direct their production to the manufacture of candies, soaps and toothpastes, it would gain nothing. On the contrary, have many losses, as these products have no market demand.
"People, especially the politicians who propose the industrialization of coca leaf, you are lying to their voters. Some growers are well aware that mere promises because since 1980, raised that possibility in the province of Quillabamba, but it was not an illusion, "said Altamirano.
honorary representative of the Association of Senior Kimbiri noted that any legal activity can compete now with the drug.
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legality "Despite the major obstacle, there are farmers who are committed to the law, they do not want to be in the uncertainty of being caught by the justice, love their land and want to conserve nature. Therefore, the State and international cooperation should support the coffee, cocoa and tropical fish breeders, "he said.
food questioned the supposed benefits of the coca leaf and noted that their consumption leads to problems in human health. The production process uses large amounts of pesticides, herbicides and other chemicals that make it a toxic product.
added that in past decades, the Andean people chew coca produced organically without the use of agrochemicals. Now is produced using pesticides, so that damage to be consumed, without considering the serious pollution of rivers and soil and loss of forests.
Environmental Press Agency - Inforegión, 20/04/1911
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