Coca production in Colombia: Coca crop shift faces uncertain future after election

Across Colombia, tens of thousands of farmers have joined the government's voluntary coca substitution programme, replacing the crop used to make cocaine with cacao, chilli peppers and other legal products. But with Colombians about to elect a new president, the future of that strategy is uncertain.

Al Jazeera's Alessandro Rampietti reports from Putumayo.

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