Peru set to surpass Colombia as world’s top coca producer

A UN report released Thursday says that Peru is just shy of overtaking Colombia as the world’s top coca producer. In 2010, 151,200 acres (61,200 hectares) of land in Peru were used to cultivate coca, claims the report. That’s a 2 percent rise from the previous year. Colombia had 153,205 acres (62,000 hectares) under cultivation in the same year, a 15 percent drop from the previous year. http://bit.ly/jnVhX1