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Fondo Concursable Puna (Profonanpe)
Competitive fund that finances, with technical assistance, initiatives of high Andean communities, associations, cooperatives and micro-enterprises above 3,500 m that adapt to climate change with camelids and Andean crops.
How can Fondo Puna help your biobusiness?
- What it offers
non-reimbursable funding (window 1)reimbursable funding (window 2)funding complementary to Agroideas (window 3)technical assistance
- At what stage
- I'm already operating · I need capital
- Who it serves
- Indigenous communities · Associations and cooperatives · Formal companies
- Products
- Alpaca fiber, Vicuña fiber, Native potatoes, Quinoa, Kiwicha (amaranth), Andean roots and tubers (unspecified)
- Where it works
- Apurímac, Arequipa, Cusco, Lima y Callao, Puno
- Program of
- Profonanpe
How do you access Fondo Puna?
- 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?
- Moderate 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: Competition with a local initiative proposal and staged evaluation (120 applications, 36 shortlisted and 30 winners in the second call, f2). Window 1 is non-reimbursable for communities, associations and cooperatives partnered with a civil society organization; window 2 is reimbursable for micro-enterprises and cooperatives; window 3 complements Agroideas.
Who does Fondo Puna 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.
- INIAApurímac, Arequipa, Cusco +1 · Quinoa, Kiwicha (amaranth), Native potatoes
- FAO PerúApurímac, Arequipa, Cusco +1 · Quinoa, Native potatoes
- AgromercadoPuno, Arequipa · Quinoa, Alpaca fiber
- ITP red CITELima, Cusco, Arequipa +1 · Alpaca fiber
- Gobierno Regional de PunoPuno · Quinoa, Alpaca fiber, Vicuña fiber
- NESsTCusco, Puno, Lima · Native potatoes
Sources and references
Dated public data behind this profile. What is published does not reflect everything an organization does.
Second call: 30 winning initiatives from Cusco (13), Puno (6), Apurímac (6), Lima-Yauyos (3) and Arequipa (2), with about S/ 14 million and up to S/ 480,000 per local initiative; 15 focus on alpacas and 4 on vicuñas. Profonanpe: 30 nuevas iniciativas de 5 regiones iniciarán acciones frente al cambio climático con cerca de S/ 14 millones del Fondo Puna
Three initiatives from Arequipa supported by the fund brought alpaca fiber and quinoa to Expo Agraria 2026 and sold more than S/ 14,000. Profonanpe: Productoras altoandinas llevaron su oferta de fibra de alpaca y quinua a la Expo Agraria 2026
First call in 12 high Andean districts of Arequipa: more than S/ 4 million for local initiatives, with amounts between S/ 300,000 and S/ 800,000 per proposal plus technical assistance; the fund aims to finance 127 initiatives in five departments. Actualidad Ambiental (SPDA): Destinarán más de S/ 4 millones a iniciativas altoandinas que impulsen la adaptación al cambio climático