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Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP)
Public Amazon research institute that validates and transfers simple technologies to producers in native communities so they can turn Amazonian fruits and their waste into higher-value products, and that delivers fingerlings and training to fish farmers.
How can IIAP help your biobusiness?
- What it offers
transfer of processing technologies for Amazonian fruitstechnical training for producersfree delivery of fingerlingssupport for Indigenous women's ventures
- At what stage
- I'm already operating
- Who it serves
- Indigenous communities · Individual entrepreneurs
- Products
- Camu camu, Huito (jagua), Taperiba (hog plum), Açaí, Gamitana (tambaqui), Amazonian fish farming (unspecified)
How do you access IIAP?
- 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?
- Access: no data
- Do you pay or co-fund?
- Free
- Where does the money come from?
- Public
Mapping classification: It transfers technologies and fingerlings free of charge to producers in native communities, with public funds. The sources do not describe how to apply or who is selected, hence no data on complexity.
Who does IIAP 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.
- Ministerio del Ambiente (Minam)Amazonas, Loreto, Ucayali · Camu camu
- Conservación Internacional PerúAmazonas, Loreto · Camu camu
- Embajada británica en Lima (programa UK PACT)Ucayali · Camu camu, Huito (jagua)
- GCFAmazonas, Loreto · Camu camu
- ProfonanpeAmazonas, Loreto · Camu camu
- Rainforest AllianceUcayali · Camu camu, Huito (jagua)
Sources and references
Dated public data behind this profile. What is published does not reflect everything an organization does.
It validates and transfers simple technologies to producers in native communities and villages near Iquitos to make use of Amazonian fruits and their waste (camu camu, huito, ubos and huasaí), such as camu camu leaf tea, concentrated juices, capsules, flour and vinegar; according to IIAP, up to 50% of Amazonian fruit production is lost. Caretas: IIAP convierte residuos de frutas amazónicas en nuevos productos para impulsar la bioeconomía
It installed perennial crops of camu camu and aguaje with improved plants in flood-prone areas of Loreto and Ucayali, after about 26 years of genetic improvement; for camu camu it collected nearly 500 samples from 40 natural populations. Agraria.pe: Agricultores de la Amazonía reciben plantas mejoradas de camu camu y aguaje
On October 14, 2025 it presented to the Congress Commission on Peoples its free fingerling transfers and its support for economic ventures led by Indigenous women in Loreto based on ancestral knowledge. Congreso de la República: Comisión de Pueblos analiza avances del IIAP y proyectos en favor del desarrollo sostenible y la conservación ambiental
Its Amazonas office delivered 420,050 boquichico and gamitana fingerlings in 2024 to 4,938 people from 64 Awajún and Wampis native communities in Amazonas and Loreto, above its target of 380,000. Agraria.pe: IIAP Amazonas durante el 2024 distribuyó más de 420 millares de alevinos