The UN says Colombia has increased its cultivation of the plant - the main ingredient in cocaine.
Colombia has increased its cultivation of coca plants - the main ingredient in cocaine - by 43%, a new report by the United Nations says.
Instead, the newly-elected left-wing leader wants to regulate the industry and expand programmes to substitute illegal crops, BBC South America correspondent Katy Watson reports. For years Colombia has struggled to get farmers to move away from coca production, but promises to provide incentives and subsidies have not materialised, our correspondent says.
The Tibú municipality in North Santander, on the Venezuela border, has the highest level of coca cultivation of all of Colombia's municipalities - 22,000 hectares.
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