Around 770 schoolchildren from 20 educational institutions in the districts of Laria, Lares and Ácora, in the regions of Huancavelica, Cusco and Puno, respectively, will benefit from the products of our agrobiodiversity that were included in the National School Feeding Program Qali Warma (PNAEQW), during the year 2021.
As part of the pilot experience, 4.7 tons of food were purchased for a value of S/18,933, through an innovative public procurement scheme from 128 conservationist producers. This initiative is being developed within the framework of the GEF Agrobiodiversity GIAHS Project, which coordinates the work of Ministry of Environment of Peru (MINAM), Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI), FAO and Profonanpe.
In addition, efforts have been made to include these farmers in dynamic markets. In 2021, sales reached S/190,330.78, thanks to the positioning of the Agrobio collective brand, which includes local farmers’ associations, promoting and distributing their products.
Currently, in agreement with the Peruvian Association of Consumers and Users (Aspec), the Agrobiodiversity Producers and Consumers Network has been formed and the Kusicuy itinerant fairs is being developed. This has a mobile application as a marketing strategy for its products.
The national coordinator of the GEF Agrobiodiversity GIAHS Project, Cesar Sotomayor, highlighted the support provided to conservationist family agriculture in the exercise of food sovereignty. To this end, alternative mechanisms for insertion into local markets and fairs are being generated. In addition, short agri-food chains are encouraged and promoted for the sale of products through home delivery.
