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Swisscontact Perú, Fundación Suiza para la Cooperación Técnica
Provides technical assistance and develops markets with producers, micro and small enterprises and communities: sustainable cacao, Amazonian landscapes that produce without deforestation, non-timber forest products and services for small businesses in Ucayali, Huánuco and Madre de Dios.
How can Swisscontact help your biobusiness?
- What it offers
technical assistancestrengthening of landscape governancemanagement plans for non-timber forest productsmarket development and services for micro and small enterprisessustainable cacao value chains
- At what stage
- I'm already operating
- Who it serves
- Individual entrepreneurs · Associations and cooperatives
- Products
- Non-timber forest products (unspecified), Cacao, Brazil nut
- Where it works
- International reach: 39 countriesIn Peru, with documented projects or investments in: Ucayali, Huánuco, Madre de Dios
How do you access Swisscontact?
- 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?
- Free
- Where does the money come from?
- Blended
Mapping classification: Provides technical assistance within the Sustainable Amazon Landscapes project, funded by COSUDE, in defined landscapes such as the Alto Shambillo Local Forest. There is no open call for entrepreneurs, hence high complexity.
Who does Swisscontact 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.
- AgromercadoMadre de Dios, Ucayali · Brazil nut, Cacao
- AIDERMadre de Dios, Ucayali · Cacao, Brazil nut
- Minam, Programa BosquesMadre de Dios, Ucayali · Cacao, Brazil nut
- PromPerúMadre de Dios, Ucayali · Brazil nut, Cacao
- AIDESEPHuánuco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali · Cacao
- Redesign LabUcayali, Huánuco, Madre de Dios · Cacao
Sources and references
Dated public data behind this profile. What is published does not reflect everything an organization does.
Swisscontact presents the Sustainable Amazon Landscapes project (Peru and Bolivia, funded by COSUDE) as an example of its bioeconomy approach, with 2,407 farmers (35% women) using resilient technologies and 1,149 ha restored; the figure combines both countries. Swisscontact: Bioeconomía: damos valor a la naturaleza para que conservarla sea un buen negocio (ficha de dos páginas)
Through Sustainable Amazon Landscapes, it contracted the inventory of non-timber products and the Local Forest Management Declaration for Alto Shambillo (Boquerón district, Padre Abad province, Ucayali), between July and September 2026. Swisscontact: Términos de referencia, Proyecto Paisajes Amazónicos Sostenibles, Declaración de Manejo de productos diferentes a la madera del Bosque Local Alto Shambillo
It partners with the Wyss Academy for Nature in the forest-based livelihoods project in Tambopata (Madre de Dios), started in January 2026: Brazil nut, other non-timber forest products, agroforestry and nature tourism. Wyss Academy for Nature: Forest Conservation through Nature-Based Livelihoods
Sustainable Amazon Landscapes works in the Tingo María-Aguaytía landscape, in Padre Abad (Ucayali) and Leoncio Prado (Huánuco), with actions on sustainable market access, traceability and value chain certification. Swisscontact: Convocatoria Asesor Técnico de Proyecto Paisajes Amazónicos Sostenibles
It runs the Sustainable Amazonian Cacao project (2025-2027) with SUMAQAO and Lindt & Sprüngli, within a framework of 600 cacao producers. Swisscontact: Perú
In Madre de Dios it runs the project to develop the market for business development services for micro and small enterprises (2025-2026). Swisscontact: Perú