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Capture of Engraulis ringens in the Pacific (2024)
After a sharp decline linked to the 2023 El Niño phenomenon, the anchovy (Engraulis ringens) recovered remarkably in 2024, with catches increasing by almost 65%, from 3.5 million tons to 5.7 million tons. (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2026). -
Percentage of reg. fishing (LAC) in the S. Pacific
Approximately 64% of the region's capture fisheries production in 2024 came from the Southeast Pacific. (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2026). -
Impact of frost on crops in the highlands (PE)
During the 2025-2026 agricultural season in the Peruvian highlands, the frosts of February 2026 affected between 50% and 100% of the quinoa, potato, and forage crops, with variable development, from good to fair. (National Meteorology and Hydrology S...
Peru
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Capture of Engraulis ringens in the Pacific (2024)
After a sharp decline linked to the 2023 El Niño phenomenon, the anchovy (Engraulis ringens) recovered remarkably in 2024, with catches increasing by almost 65%, from 3.5 million tons to 5.7 million tons. (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2026).
Percentage of reg. fishing (LAC) in the S. Pacific
Approximately 64% of the region's capture fisheries production in 2024 came from the Southeast Pacific. (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2026).
Impact of frost on crops in the highlands (PE)
During the 2025-2026 agricultural season in the Peruvian highlands, the frosts of February 2026 affected between 50% and 100% of the quinoa, potato, and forage crops, with variable development, from good to fair. (National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru, 2026).
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Danper Trujillo S.A.C.
The project finances the company's investment plan to develop 562 additional hectares of agricultural plantations, modernize its industrial processes, and partially refinance its bank debt. It responds to the sustained growth of Peruvian agricultural exports to the United States and the European Union, whose expansion is constrained by raw material supply. It aims to expand production and improve quality to compete in new markets, including Asia.
National Agricultural Innovation System Support Project (PNIA)
The project supports the establishment and consolidation of the National Agricultural Innovation System by strengthening the institutional capacity of the lead public agency, building decentralized innovation networks with public and private stakeholders, and administering competitive grant funds for subprojects in strategic research, adaptive research, agricultural extension, seed enterprise development, and capacity building. It includes a national and international scholarship program for researchers and extension professionals, as well as the design of a monitoring and evaluation system for the agricultural innovation system. Its objective is to create the conditions for member organizations of the national innovation system to improve their effectiveness in developing and delivering improved agricultural technologies to rural producers.
AGRAYU: PhyGital Platform for Rural Agriculture
A non-reimbursable technical cooperation aimed at improving agricultural profitability and environmental sustainability in the Peruvian Amazon through a PhyGital (physical and digital) platform that combines AI-based personalized agronomic advisory with traceable distribution of agricultural inputs for small cacao producers in the provinces of Juanjui and Tocache (San Martín). The initiative integrates blockchain-based digital identity, a decentralized network of local entrepreneurs called "Inges Agrayu" with a gender focus, and satellite deforestation monitoring, targeting a 19% productivity increase and a 17% reduction in the local deforestation rate. It was selected through the Amazonía BioBuilders call (RG-O1711) and is framed within the IDB Group's Amazonía Siempre Program, with a projected scale-up to over 20,000 producer families across the Amazon region.
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Peru: Directoral Resolution No. 000032-2025-INACAL/DN - Approval of Technical Standards on textiles, fertilizers and others
The resolution approves 36 Peruvian Technical Standards (NTPs) and related texts, and repeals 21 previous NTPs, across a wide range of sectors. In the agri-food sector, the following stand out: the first edition of NTP 201.210:2025 on organic products used as fertilizers and soil conditioners; updates to NTPs 311.522 and 311.524 on the determination of free acidity and particle size distribution of solid fertilizers (3rd edition, replacing 2015 versions); and new or updated NTPs for fresh mango, table grapes, purple corn flour, passion fruit juice, nutritional labeling of packaged foods, cereals, non-alcoholic fruit beverages, and test methods for the detection of nitrates in meat. NTP-ISO/TS 23105:2025 on biobanks of plant biological material for research and development is also approved.
Peru: Regulation of Law No. 31315, Food Security and Nutrition Law
It sets out the institutional and operational framework for implementing Peru's food security and nutrition policy, defining the role of eighteen co-responsible entities — including ministries, regional and local governments — in promoting sustainable, productive, equitable and resilient food systems. It provides for the approval of the National Food Security and Nutrition Policy, led by the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation in coordination with the Multisectoral Commission on Food Security and Nutrition and CEPLAN, and establishes intersectoral coordination mechanisms for responding to food emergencies, maintaining a national food stock, and pursuing bilateral or multilateral agreements to safeguard food supply. It also creates the Food Security and Nutrition Observatory as a tool for generating evidence and monitoring results.
Peru: Establishing the Multisectoral Working Group for the Articulation of Legume Production, Marketing and Consumption - Ministerial Resolution No. 0034-2026-MIDAGRI
Establishes a temporary Multisectoral Working Group tasked with formulating proposed actions to articulate the production, marketing and domestic consumption of legumes in Peru, in response to declining consumption of pulses ("menestras") and its impact on food security and the income of farming households. Chaired by the Ministerial Office of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, the group brings together representatives from MIDAGRI itself (the General Directorate of Agricultural Development and Agroecology and AGROIDEAS), the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion, and the Ministry of Health, with a twelve-month renewable term. Its functions include conducting a situational diagnosis, identifying gaps and stakeholders, and drafting a proposal for intersectoral articulation actions.
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National Agricultural Innovation System Support Project (PNIA)
The project supports the establishment and consolidation of the National Agricultural Innovation System by strengthening the institutional capacity of the lead public agency, building decentralized innovation networks with public and private stakeholders, and administering competitive grant funds for subprojects in strategic research, adaptive research, agricultural extension, seed enterprise development, and capacity building. It includes a national and international scholarship program for researchers and extension professionals, as well as the design of a monitoring and evaluation system for the agricultural innovation system. Its objective is to create the conditions for member organizations of the national innovation system to improve their effectiveness in developing and delivering improved agricultural technologies to rural producers.
Nitrogen Optimization: Strategies for Addressing the Climate Crisis in Food Production
This project establishes a technical network across five countries (including the Dominican Republic and Panama) to optimize the use of nitrogen fertilizers through the 4R strategy. Its goal is to increase food productivity and reduce $N_{2}O$ emissions by developing common protocols and local emission factors (Tier 2). The results will strengthen national GHG inventories and promote public policies for sustainability and climate resilience in the region.
Integrating sorghum cultivation into agricultural systems in the Central American Dry Corridor
The project establishes a regional partnership for the sustainable intensification of the Dry Corridor through the integration of climate-resilient sorghum and forage crop genotypes. Through soil characterization and a digital recommendation platform, the project aims to increase productivity and water availability in vulnerable agricultural systems. The initiative, funded by the Government of New Zealand (GRA), will transfer technical knowledge and precision technology to producers, advisors, and students in the region.
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