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Ministerio del Ambiente (Minam)
Designs and finances, with international cooperation, credit programs, competitions and technical assistance for Amazonian biobusinesses.
How can Ministerio del Ambiente help your biobusiness?
- What it offers
channeled creditcompetitionstechnical assistance
- At what stage
- I'm already operating · I need capital
- Who it serves
- Formal companies · Associations and cooperatives · Indigenous communities
- Products
- Brazil nut, Aguaje (moriche palm), Coffee, Cacao, Camu camu, Honey (beekeeping), Medicinal plants and oils (unspecified), Handicrafts (unspecified), Amazonian fish farming (unspecified), Community ecotourism
How do you access Ministerio del Ambiente?
- Can you apply directly?
- Yes, it serves biobusinesses directly.
- Do you need a business that already operates?
- Yes
- How hard is it to access?
- Demanding access
- Do you pay or co-fund?
- Partly free or with matching contribution
- Is it repaid?
- Partly 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: Parent profile: combines loans and guarantees through financial institutions with cooperation projects such as the coffee and cocoa project with UNDP and the GEF. Complexity varies by program; the highest, that of credit, is marked as a precaution.
Who does Ministerio del Ambiente 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.
- Redesign LabLoreto, Amazonas, Cajamarca +3 · Cacao, Coffee, Aguaje (moriche palm), Honey (beekeeping)
- CCPIPLoreto, Ucayali, San Martín +2 · Aguaje (moriche palm), Cacao, Coffee, Community ecotourism
- NESsTAmazonas, San Martín, Loreto +1 · Cacao, Coffee, Brazil nut, Community ecotourism
- AgromercadoCajamarca, Junín, Loreto +2 · Brazil nut, Coffee, Cacao
- AgrobancoLoreto, Junín, Cajamarca +2 · Aguaje (moriche palm), Coffee, Cacao
- AIDESEPAmazonas, Cajamarca, Junín +3 · Cacao, Community ecotourism
Sources and references
Dated public data behind this profile. What is published does not reflect everything an organization does.
Presented in Loreto the Frutos de la Amazonía competition, part of the Bosques Amazónicos ASL2 project, which will fund up to 20 sustainable business plans of S/ 100,000 to S/ 300,000 in Loreto, Ucayali and Junín, with technical assistance, in value chains such as native cocoa, honey, aguaje, camu camu, Indigenous crafts, medicinal plants, Amazonian fish and community tourism. Agraria.pe: Concurso Frutos de la Amazonía financiará hasta 20 planes de negocio sostenibles
At the third Bioeconomy Taskforce with the United Kingdom, it announced the start of work on the Bioeconomy Strategy, which will steer policy and investment toward biobusinesses, biotechnology, functional foods, natural cosmetics and bioenergy. Embajada Británica en Lima (GOV.UK): Perú y Reino Unido impulsan la bioeconomía amazónica y abren nuevos mercados en el III Taskforce de Bioeconomía
At the second Bioeconomy Task Force with the UK Embassy, it presented a work proposal to develop priority biobusiness value chains such as Brazil nut and aguaje (moriche palm). Andina: Minam consolida alianzas estratégicas para potenciar bionegocios en la Amazonía
Launched the project "Deforestation-free value chains in the Peruvian Amazon" for coffee and cocoa, with an investment of USD 13,561,467 through 2029, supported by UNDP and funded by the Global Environment Facility. Infomercado: Minam lanza proyecto para impulsar la producción de café y cacao libre de deforestación
Other sources consulted: Agraria.pe: Minam destina S/13 millones en créditos para emprendimientos sostenibles en la Amazonía (May 6, 2024)