Some Colombian farmers take huge drop in income for more safety , peace . National security adviser : ` ` You need to stabilize those drug-producing areas '' U.S. estimates : $ 1 billion a year. Benjumea , a resident of the Colombian province of Meta ; used to grow coca , the plant from which cocaine is produced . ` Government helped alternative enterprises start up .
Some Colombian farmers take huge drop in income for more safety , peace . National security adviser : ` ` You need to stabilize those drug-producing areas '' U.S. estimates : $ 1 billion a year. Government helped alternative enterprises start up .