Project for Strengthening Assets, Markets and Rural Development Policies in the Northern Highlands

The project will protect and enhance the natural and cultural heritage of poor rural households in the northern highlands of Peru. It will also strengthen community organizations in rural areas and open new markets for entrepreneurial activities.

Specifically the project will help small-scale producers and entrepreneurs contract technical assistance to improve the production, marketing and management of rural enterprises. It will also provide financial and non-financial services to help rural poor people, mainly women and young people, develop new business initiatives and contract the services required to implement them. The project will reduce livelihood risks through savings mobilization and micro-insurance.

The project will carry forward participatory and innovative approaches implemented in previous IFAD projects in the highlands region of Peru. The approaches include awards systems for allocation of resources and participatory community mapping for natural resources assessment.

Source: IFAD