The coca farmers in Colombia, Bolivia and Peru are organized in the structure of syndicates. Every department has its associations which consist out of smaller comitees. Those associations form federations on the international level united in their common cause in the struggle for the recognition of the coca plant and its millenia long tradition as a medicinal plant used aswell for social religious and nutritional purposes. They are against the eradication programs sponsored by the foreign policy of the governments we elect. In Colombia its called: circulo regional indigena. In Bolivia: cinco federaciones de los yungas y el chapare. In Peru: central nacional agropecuaria cocalera del Peru. Those three form the: consejo Andino del productores de hoja de coca of south america. All these farmers are independent producers of the coca leaf selling to the government and the free market. The cartels influence is mainly concentrated in the capitals and the shipping port cities. They contract local buyers (acopiadores) who buy parts here and there from the farmers. Their labs are usually found and busted in the cities. The biggest concentration of alkaloids are found in the higher laying valleys, just like the best coffee comes from the higher ground. Coca plants are being cultivated just like any normal crop like coffee cacao or quinua. And yes, post offices do exist here..
Just like DNM's are about money, so is what im proposing. Its a business idea. We got tor! All existing vendors buy through DNM accounts their 100grams at a time against a lower price from the farmers representatives. Your guarantee is the quality product against a fair price. We will be buying from individual farmers offering more for higher quality only using trusted farmers. It will be small in the beginning like a drop in the ocean but it should develop itself from there. As a matter of fact it already is taking off as we speak! http://io9.com/fair-trade-cocaine-is-a-thing-now-1620110392
Whilst a noble idea, it's not that simple.
I'm all for my coins going direct to the source. Who doesn't? Even if you take the altruistic motivations out of the equation, you're generally dealing with a better price and less chance of shit being stepped on.
But the real underlying issue is the infrastructure. How does one move high quality product, with great stealth and service, from one of the poorest countries under the highest scrutiny, to a buying public?
I do agree it is a good cause and a better idea, but it's not coffee. The end user needs to know things are reliable and safe, before they have the space to express a more ethical approach to their product.