COCA CROP SUBSTITUTION - PILOT PROJECT

2.DEVELOP DATA ON CURRENT PRODUCTION COSTS & RETURNS TO COCA AND PRINCIPLE REPLACEMENT CROPS. 3.GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF THE ASSOCIATED MARKETING SYSTEM & CONSTRAINTS THEREIN; FARM INCOME, RESOURCES, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TARGET GROUP & PRODUCTION MILIEU; THE AREA CULTIVATED, OUTPUT & INCOME GENERATED BY COCA; AND THE SOCIO-CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS ESSENTIAL FOR PROG DESIGN PURPOSES. 4.DEFINE THE TARGET LEVEL FOR LEGAL COCA USE. 5.DEFINE THE EXPORT DEMAND FOR POTENTIAL REPLACEMENT CROPS.PROJ CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING STUDIES & ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY PROJ CONTRACTORS OR GOB IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES: 1.STUDY OF THE ECON, SOCIAL & CULTURAL ASPECTS OF TRADITIONAL & LEGAL COCA DISTRIB & USE IN BOLIVIA (THE NATL ETHNOGRAPHIC & FOLKLORE MUSEUM IS THE ANTICIPATED CONTRACTOR) ; 2.STUDY OF THE ECON, SOCIAL & CULTURAL ASPECTS OF COCA PROD IN THE YUNGAS & CHAPARE; 3.SURVEY OF SMALL FARM INCOME, INPUTS, COSTS, AND PROD & UTILIZATION OF ALL CROPS INCLUDING COCA (UNDERTAKEN BY A BOLIVIAN & A US CONTRACTOR) ; 4.DOMESTIC & FOREIGN MARKETING STUDIES; 5.BASIC AGRONOMIC RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF INPUTS & GOVT POLICY PREREQUISITES FOR A COCA SUBSTIT PROG (FLORIDA ST UNIV, CONTRACTOR) ; 6.RENOVATION OF RESEARCH STATIONS AT LA JOTA & SAN PEDRO; 7.ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, SHORT-TERM VISITS TO RESRCH FACILITIES OUTSIDE OF BOLIVIA, SEMINARS, AND MA TRNG TO MIN OF AGR & RURAL AFFAIRS PERSONNEL (FLOR ST ADVSRS PROVIDE ON-THE-JOB TRNG) ; 8.PRE-INVESTMENT SURVEYS OF ECON, INSTIT & SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND POTENTIAL POLICY ALTERNATIVES; 9.PRE-FEAS STUDIES OF PRIORITY PROJ POSSIBILITIES; 10.SURVEYS OF ECON POTENTIAL OF ALTERNATIVE, NON-TRAD ACTIVITIES. DETAILS OF THIS PROJECT"S STUDIES & RESRCH ARE INCLUDED IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHIC SUMMARIES. THE OAS,IBD,AND JAPANESE DEVEL AGENCY ARE ALSO UNDERTAKING PROJS IN THESE REGIONS WHICH ARE DIRECTED TOWARD COCA SUBSTITUTION.