Peru launches eight initiatives to boost production in Amazonian border regions

The Ministerio de Desarrollo Agrario y Riego (Midagri) is implementing eight investment initiatives to improve living conditions for people in the Peruvian Amazon.

The Special Binational Project for the Integral Development of the Putumayo River Basin is leading these efforts across the provinces of Mariscal Ramón Castilla, Putumayo, and Maynas. The projects aim to increase agricultural and livestock productivity while improving food security and family economies.

Workers and local residents receive agricultural tool kits, technical training in agronomic management, and improved local poultry to support family farming. The initiatives also establish demonstration plots and provide environmental education to help producers grow cacao and other strategic crops. Paolo Rivera, the executive director of the project, stated that the organization is coordinating with national and international institutions to promote circular economy and border integration.

The ministry plans to start seven additional projects once they receive official approval to further support rural communities in the border zone.