Federación Provincial de Campesinos de Convención, Yanatile, y Lares represents the interests of coffee, cacao, and coca farmers in the valleys around Quillabamba. Currently their lawyers are trying to spring from Lima prison people falsely accused of being "terrorists" in a counter narcotics offensive downvalley from Quillabamba.
Anita, FEPCACYL office manager, took me to her parents´ coffee and coca farm. Her dad had just harvested these coca leaves.
Leaves after drying about three hours in early morning sun on stone drying patio.
Harvesting. The immature leaves at the tips of each limb are not taken.
The shrubs are chopped back to the ground every three years. This maintains vigor, leaf size, and keeps shrubs low for harvesting ease.
Coca field.
Coca shrubs leafing out after being chopped.
Coca field.
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