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Rikolto
International NGO of Belgian origin that supports cacao and coffee cooperatives with technical assistance on agroforestry systems, quality, inclusion of women and youth, and readiness for the EU deforestation regulation.
How can Rikolto help your biobusiness?
- What it offers
technical assistance on agroforestry systemsdeforestation due diligence pilots (EUDR)workshops and tools for cooperatives and exportersinclusion of women and youth in cooperatives
- At what stage
- I'm already operating
- Who it serves
- Associations and cooperatives
- Products
- Cacao, Coffee
- Where it works
- International reach: Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin AmericaIn Peru, with documented projects or investments in: Cajamarca, San Martín, Junín, Cusco, Amazonas
How do you access Rikolto?
- 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?
- To be agreed
- Where does the money come from?
- Blended
Mapping classification: It works with coffee and cacao cooperatives and exporters within projects with international cooperation and companies, such as Switzerland's SeCompetitivo or the pilot with PromPerú, WRI and Global Forest Watch. The sources do not say how an organization joins, hence no data on complexity.
Who does Rikolto 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.
- AgrobancoJunín, Cajamarca, Amazonas +2 · Coffee, Cacao
- GIZ en el PerúJunín, San Martín, Amazonas +1 · Coffee, Cacao
- Minam, IMPACTA VerdeJunín, San Martín, Amazonas +1 · Coffee, Cacao
- Minam, Programa para BionegociosCusco, Amazonas, Cajamarca +1 · Coffee, Cacao
- Ministerio del Ambiente (Minam)Amazonas, Cajamarca, San Martín +1 · Coffee, Cacao
- NESsTAmazonas, San Martín, Cusco +1 · Cacao, Coffee
Sources and references
Dated public data behind this profile. What is published does not reflect everything an organization does.
In February 2025, with PromPerú, WRI and Global Forest Watch, it held deforestation due diligence workshops in Jaén, Tarapoto and Lima with more than 130 participants, in the second year of a pilot with 17 coffee and cacao organizations in Cajamarca, San Martín, Junín, Cusco and Amazonas. Rikolto: Navigating EU Deforestation Regulation: Peru's coffee & cocoa producers take the lead
In 2025 it reached 10,905 cacao, coffee and vegetable producers in Peru. Rikolto: Perú (página de país)
With Helvetas and Switzerland's SeCompetitivo program it reached 2,385 small cacao producers in Amazonas, San Martín, Piura and Tumbes; with the APROCAM cooperative (Bagua) it set up 11 agroforestry demonstration plots, a nursery producing 7,000 seedlings a year and composting of 20 tonnes a year. Rikolto: Amazonas: Agroforestry systems secure soils and ecosystems for Peruvian cocoa