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Role 4Provides technical assistance

Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo y Vida sin Drogas (Devida)

Government agency that, through its alternative development program, provides technical assistance, equipment and processing modules to cacao, coffee and other producer organizations in coca-growing areas, and takes them to fairs and contests.

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01How it helps

How can Devida help your biobusiness?

What it offers

on-farm technical assistancetechnology packagesequipment and processing modulesmarket linkages and fairsinvestment in community and producer organizations

Who it serves
Associations and cooperatives
Products
Cacao, Coffee, Plantain and banana, Lime and citrus, Honey (beekeeping), Dairy
Where it works
All of PeruWith documented presence in: Ayacucho, Cusco, Junín, San Martín, Huánuco

How do you access Devida?

Can you apply directly?
Yes, it serves biobusinesses directly.
Do you need a business that already operates?
Yes
How hard is it to access?
Access: no data
Do you pay or co-fund?
Free
Is it repaid?
Not repaid
Where does the money come from?
Public

Reference timelines. The public competitions reviewed take between 3 and 10 months from opening to results (our calculation with 2026 call documents).

Mapping classification: It works with producer and community organizations in alternative development areas, without repayment. The sources do not say how organizations are selected, hence no data on complexity.

02Overlaps

Who does Devida 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.

03Sources

Sources and references

Dated public data behind this profile. What is published does not reflect everything an organization does.

  1. In the VRAEM (Ayacucho, Cusco and Junín) it supports 7,265 families, 4,738 cacao growers with 5,313 hectares and 2,527 coffee growers with 2,994 hectares, and 72 organizations; since 2021 its organizations have won 44 international cacao and chocolate medals. Agraria.pe: Más de 7,200 familias del VRAEM son fortalecidas en cadenas productivas de cacao y café

  2. It took eight producer organizations from Huánuco (556 families) to the 6th Amazonian Entrepreneurs Congress 2025 with coffee, cacao, honey, plantain and dairy products. Agraria.pe: Ocho organizaciones de productores promovidas por Devida participarán del VI Congreso de Emprendedores Amazónicos (CEA 2025)

  3. Its Tarapoto Zonal Office is investing S/ 21,256,522 in 2025 in plantain, cacao, coffee and orange in San Martín, with S/ 1,144,061 for 81 community organizations and S/ 1,000,000 for 32 producer organizations. Andina: San Martín: Devida invertirá más de S/ 21 millones para impulsar cultivos alternativos