Project Agricultural and livestock producers improve their commercial capacities by managing their business towards the market

The project is part of the 0121 Budgetary Program for Improving Small Agricultural Producers' Articulation to the Market. This program addresses the limited market access of small producers. The target population consists of farmers on the coast with less than 20 hectares under irrigation or 50 hectares of rainfed land; in the highlands with less than 20 ha under irrigation or 50 ha of rainfed land; in the high jungle with less than 50 ha in total; and in the low jungle with less than 115 ha in total, and who use most of their production (more than 50%) for commercialization in either the domestic or foreign market. The project is expected to improve market access for small farmers. The activities of this program include: 1. guarantee fund for the countryside and agricultural insurance. 2. Support for sustainable rural development. 3. Formation of producer organizations for commercial purposes. 4. Developing mechanisms for the commercialization of agricultural products. 5. Technical assistance to agricultural producers for commercial purposes. 6. Titling of agrarian property, peasant communities and native communities. 7. Technical advice and financing to producer organizations for the formulation of management instruments for reimbursable or non-reimbursable financing. The project is managed and executed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, as well as by regional and local governments.