Peruvian farmers have been shifting to cocoa cultivation from growing coca leaves. From the 1980s until the middle of the 1990s, Peru was the world’s largest cocoa producer until drug and insurgency troubles beset the country.
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Mature cacao fruit being dried at a Juanjui farm in the San Martin region in northern Peru. Cris Bouroncle / AFP -
A ripe cocoa fruit is harvested at a Juanjui farm in the San Martin region in northern Peru. Farmers collect, process and sell pure chocolate at a local market. Cris Bouroncle / AFP -
Different varieties of cocoa being grown in Peru. Poor farmers in the Peruvian jungle find in chocolate production a development tool and an alternative to coca cultivation. Cris Bouroncle / AFP -
Different varieties of cocoa that being studied at a Tropical Agriculture Institute laboratory in Juanjui. Cris Bouroncle / AFP -
Peruvian farmers process cocoa seeds to sell as pure chocolate at a local market. Cris Bouroncle / AFP -
Ripe cocoa beans are put to dry at a Juanjui farm in the San Martin region in northern Peru. Cris Bouroncle / AFP -
Different varieties of cocoa are collected and studied at a laboratory in the Tropical Agriculture Institute. Cris Bouroncle / AFP -
A ripe cocoa fruit is harvested at a Juanjui farm in the San Martin region in northern Peru. Cris Bouroncle / AFP -
Ripe cocoa cobs wait for harvesting at a Juanjui farm in the San Martin region in northern Peru. Cris Bouroncle / AFP -
Different varieties of cocoa are collected and studied at the Tropical Agriculture Institute. The Peruvian Nacional cocoa, the rarest cocoa in the world, was rediscovered in 2009 after being declared earlier as extinct. Cris Bouroncle / AFP -
A ripe cocoa fruit is harvested at a Juanjui farm in the San Martin region in northern Peru. Cris Bouroncle / AFP
In pictures: From coca to cocoa, hope on the horizon for Peruvian farmers
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