Support to smallholder agriculture in the provinces of Abancay and Aymaraes in the context of COVID-19 health emergency.

Smallholder farmers'especially women and youth'in the provinces of Abancay and Aymaraes, Peru, have lost income and economic opportunities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The IAF supports community-led solutions to expanding economic opportunity in Peru.

Our grantee Centro de Estudios y Desarrollo Social Apurimac (CEDES-APURIMAC) supports smallholder farmers to recover their productive capacity and reduce their level of vulnerability to external market and weather-related shocks, becoming more resilient to the impacts of the pandemic and contributing to local economic recovery.

CEDES-APURIMAC works with 42 communities in eight districts of the two provinces, providing quality agricultural supplies and technical assistance.

The grantee also supports the organization of decentralized farmers markets and strengthens farmers' organizational capacity.