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Centro de Estudios y Promoción del Desarrollo del Sur (descosur)
Supports alpaca-raising families, cooperatives and women artisans' associations in the southern Andes with alpaca husbandry, fiber collection and textile sales, through on-site technical assistance.
How can descosur help your biobusiness?
- What it offers
technical assistance in alpaca husbandry and genetic improvementsupport for fiber collectionstrengthening of artisans' associations and sales channels
- At what stage
- I'm already operating
- Who it serves
- Associations and cooperatives · Individual entrepreneurs
- Products
- Alpaca fiber, Handicrafts (unspecified)
How do you access descosur?
- Can you apply directly?
- Yes, it serves biobusinesses directly.
- Do you need a business that already operates?
- It depends
- How hard is it to access?
- Demanding access
- Do you pay or co-fund?
- Free
- Where does the money come from?
- Blended
Mapping classification: Works with communities, cooperatives and associations defined by its projects, funded by international cooperation (Bread for the World, f2) and by companies (Minsur, f1), with no open call in the sources; hence high complexity. According to the sources, families are not charged for the support.
Who does descosur overlap with?
Organizations in the map working on the same products in the same departments. It is not a declared relationship: it is an overlap in the data, useful to look for synergies.
Sources and references
Dated public data behind this profile. What is published does not reflect everything an organization does.
It promotes Hilos de Altura, a network of high-Andean women artisans' associations who weave with alpaca fiber, mainly women from communities in the Salinas y Aguada Blanca National Reserve (Arequipa), plus one association from Ubinas (Moquegua); the project builds their capacities and opens new sales channels. descosur: Hilos de Altura
Since January 2025 it has provided technical support for controlled mating and birthing of alpacas in the peasant community of Queracucho (Macusani district, Puno), under the project «Desarrollo alpaquero en la CC. Queracucho», funded by the mining company Minsur. descosur: Acompañamiento al empadre y parición de camélidos sudamericanos domésticos en Macusani
Through the Proandino III project, funded by Bread for the World, it supported the recording of alpaca fiber collection by the El Misti Cooperative in San Antonio de Chuca. descosur: Apoyo en el acopio de fibra