11.   In addition, the spraying appears at times to undermine alternative crop programs based on rubber, palm and fruit trees.

12.   Increasing numbers of upscale restaurants, greenmarkets, and savvy diners throughout the state have encouraged these farmers to look at alternative crops.

13.   Many alternative crops require years of hard labor before they yield any fruit and are much heavier to transport through the jungle, which lacks adequate roads.

14.   Nyholm said that alternative crop projects work especially well in close-knit Indian villages, where tribal authorities are highly respected.

15.   Promised aid to help the farmers switch to alternative crops has yet to arrive.

16.   Some experts argue that coca farmers need more incentives to grow alternative crops.

17.   Suarez says he has received no help thus far from the Bolivian government in starting alternative crops.

18.   The best alternative crop, it may be, is marijuana.

19.   The funds could finance transition to an alternative crop or to a less regulated tobacco market.

20.   The low prices, along with alternative crop programs, have convinced growers that coffee is more profitable than coca.