Fondo Concursable Puna

Puna Competitive Fund

Resilient Puna Project

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Our Challenge

The high Andean communities are affected by climate change. Therefore, it is important to contribute to restoring and protecting this area, ensuring water security, and safeguarding the livelihoods and agricultural productivity of these communities.

The Puna Competitive Fund of the Resilient Puna Project, implemented by Profonanpe, will provide financing and technical assistance for local initiatives with the aim of preparing high Andean communities to face and adapt to climate change.

What is the Puna Competitive Fund?

It is the financial mechanism of the Resilient Puna project, which seeks to provide long-term funding to high Andean communities for local initiatives that integrate:

Climate-Resilient Value Chains (CRVCs)

Priority will be given to initiatives aimed at increasing the resilience of relevant Puna value chains to the effects of climate change, particularly those related to camelids (alpaca and vicuña) and high-Andean crops such as quinoa and native potato varieties. These initiatives can be complemented by linking these chains to the main value chains, which include guinea pigs, handicrafts, community-based tourism, and other crops such as tarwi, mashua, cañihua, kiwicha, Andean grains, and oca.

Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Measures

These are those that are intended to protect and restore the Puna ecosystem, such as the conservation and restoration of wetlands, qochas, agroforestry, infiltration ditches, restoration of terraces, among others.

Who participates?

The Puna Competitive Fund will be launched in Arequipa, Cusco, Puno, Apurímac and Yauyos in Lima, where 58 districts have been selected:

Apurímac

Abancay, Lambrama, Tamburco, Antabamba, Huaquirca, Oropesa, Chuquibambilla, Pataypampa, Progreso and Haquira

Arequipa

San Juan de Tarucani, Chachas, Choco, Orcopampa, San Antonio de Chuca, Yanque, Cayarani, Salamanca, Cotahuasi, Huaynacotas, Pampamarca and Puyca.

Cusco

Huarocondo, Limatambo, Paucartambo, Challabamba, Santo Tomás, Calca, Lamay, Lares, Pisac, San Salvador, Ollantaytambo, Ccarhuayo, Cusipata, Marcapata, Ocongate, Quiquijana, Sicuani, Checacupe, Marangani, Pitumarca, San Pablo, Acomayo and Layo

Fist

Potoni, Antauta, Nuñoa, Santa Rosa, Macusani, Ajoyani, Corani, Crucero and Cuyocuyo

Yauyos

Carania, Laraos, Miraflores and Tomas

Resilient Puna Project

Its objective is to increase the resilience of communities,
ecosystems and livelihoods affected by climate change through
the establishment of public and private financing to invest in:

Applicant profile

Peasant communities, producer associations and cooperatives in the process of formalization with the support of civil society organizations

Micro and/or small businesses, community-based businesses and cooperatives that have clear commercial relationships and target markets and/or have a business plan approved by Agroideas

First call for applications in Arequipa

The Puna Competitive Fund had its first call in 12 districts of Arequipa, where 7 climate adaptation initiatives have been selected.

Second call

In this call, 40 initiatives from the participating districts of Arequipa, Puno, Cusco, Apurímac and Yauyos (Lima) have been preselected, and they will work on perfecting their climate adaptation initiatives.