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Peace through coca? Decolonial peacebuilding ecologies and rural development in the Territory of Conviviality and Peace of Lerma, Colombia

Third World Quarterly, 2023
While illicit crops like the coca leaf can be vehicles of conflict and income for armed groups across the Global South, this article reveals that coca has alternative uses based on its nutritional and cultural value.
Óscar E. Valencia, Christopher Courtheyn   +1 more
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From strong leadership to active community engagement: Effective resistance to illegal coca crops in Afro-Colombian collective territories.

The International journal on drug policy, 2022
In this paper, we study whether leadership and community organisation can explain differences in the presence and expansion of coca crops in rural Afro-Colombian collective territories.
I. D. Lobo, M. Vélez
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Tough tradeoffs Coca crops and agrarian alternatives in Colombia.

The International journal on drug policy, 2021
This paper compares coca with mainstream agrarian economies in Colombia. It shows that the country's legal and illicit sectors share several fundamental characteristics and processes.
Francisco Gitiérrez-Sanín
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Analysis of Erythroxylum coca Leaves by Imaging Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-FT-ICR IMS).

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2021
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization imaging mass spectrometry (MALDI IMS) can determine the chemical identity and spatial distribution of several molecules in a single analysis, conserving its natural histology.
N. D. dos Santos, C. M. de Almeida, F. F. Gonçalves, R. S. Ortiz, R. Kuster, Diemerson Saquetto, W. Romão   +6 more
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The coca enclosure: Autonomy against accumulation in Colombia

, 2021
This article analyzes a relatively new phenomenon in northern Cauca: the massive expansion of coca cultivations. After decades of intense forced eradication campaigns promoted by the U.S.
Anthony Dest
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Risk factors for acute mountain sickness in travelers to Cusco, Peru: Coca leaves, obesity, and sex.

Journal of Travel Medicine, 2021
BACKGROUND Acute mountain sickness (AMS) may occur after rapid ascents to altitudes > 2500 m. Cusco (3350 m) in Peru is a popular destination for altitude inexperienced travelers.
M. A. Caravedo, Karen Mozo, M. Morales, Hunter Smiley, Jared Stuart, D. Tilley, M. Cabada   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Emerging evidence that armed conflict and coca cultivation influence deforestation patterns

Biological Conservation, 2019
The effect of armed conflict on deforestation in biodiverse regions across Earth remains poorly understood. Its association with factors like illegal crop cultivation can obscure its effect on deforestation patterns.
P. Negret, Laura J. Sonter, J. Watson, H. Possingham, Kendall R. Jones, Cesar Suarez, J. Ochoa‐Quintero, M. Maron   +7 more
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The Impact of COVID 19 Towards International Business Strategy: A study of Coca-Cola Company

International Journal of Accounting & Finance in Asia Pasific, 2021
Coca Cola is one of the largest beverage companies in the world and becomes one of the favourite drinks for all people around the world. On March 11, 2020, World Health Organization (WHO) agrees to receive COVID – 19 outbreak a pandemic.
Rajesh Kumar Nair, L. S. Reddy, Priyanka Verma, Rudresh Pandey, Sienly Yuwono, Liem Gai Sin, W. Qi, D. Kee, Ooi Xin Gee, Tammy Wong Shao Ing, Tanzhun Yu   +10 more
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Amazonian coca

Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 1981
A general overview of various aspects of Amazonian coca (Erythroxylum coca var. ipadu) is presented. This plant is considered a distinct variety of coca which has been developed as a cultivated plant in the upper Amazon basin. It differs from typical Andean coca in morphological, physiological and chemical features as well as in the method of ...
openaire   +2 more sources