Targeted proposals to reactivate family farming

Agrarian Reactivation and credit lines

The agricultural unions propose the recreation of the Agricultural Reactive to capitalize farmers who are currently in debt in private banks.

According to Anaximandro Rojas, president of Conveagro, the initiative will allow small farmers to “reintegrate into agriculture.” The estimated fund for this program is S/3,000 million.

For the same amount, the creation of lines of credit for farmers with financial products with low interests and extension of grace periods is also proposed.

More resources for the Rural Women Fund

Among Conveagro’s proposals, the increase to S/40 million to the Rural and Indigenous Women’s Fund. The item was initially S/30 million and by 2024 it was cut to S/10 million.

Lucinda Quispeaya, representative of the Junín Regional Agrarian Federation, called for an adequate budget to be allocated to this fund in such a way that it reaches all rural women. “It is not possible for that fund to disappear. We women need it,” she urged.

Agricultural bonus and temporary jobs

The delivery of an agricultural assistance bonus is proposed. The proposed subsidy is approximately S/1,000 and will cover the primary needs of family farmers. According to Conveagro, the measure must have a compensatory and productive nature, and its cost would be S/1.9 billion.

The identification and delivery of monetary support would be based on the Register of Agricultural Producers (PPA), whose progress to date exceeds 80%.

“It is the only way to help the rural producer who, due to inclement weather, could not harvest his harvest or lost all of his assets. This will allow you to at least recover”says Rojas.

Additionally, agricultural unions plan the generation of temporary jobs in rural areas. This would be carried out through work on rural and neighborhood roads, irrigation infrastructure, as well as work to prevent the El Niño Phenomenon.

Debt and Agrobanco restructuring

The restructuring of the agrarian debt with the private banks proposes to facilitate the farmers a grace period with a low interest rate.

The novelty of this measure is the proposal that the State buy part of the debt as it did with private banks. “We believe that Midagri, together with the operators of the financial system, should present statistics on credit delinquencies in small and medium-sized agriculture in order to evaluate a restructuring or purchase of debts,” Conveagro emphasizes. On the other hand, the restructuring of the Agrobanco suggests the adaptation of this entity to the characteristics of the agricultural producer and the incorporation of new financial products.

Strengthening Agricultural Insurance

The unions propose that the Catastrophic Agrarian Insurance (SAC) must have greater coverage in terms of territories, crops and replacement cost per hectare. The planned expansion of the fund is S/400 million. Currently, SAC coverage is S/800 per hectare of affected crop, up to a maximum of 10 hectares.

Additionally, the creation of an Agricultural Extension Program is planned that includes the delivery of agricultural kits (seeds, fertilizers, fertilizers, etc.), as well as an agricultural health program, considering the increase in existing pests or the appearance of new ones. pests.

Technical assistance to rural women

The package of proposals of the agricultural unions It also includes the implementation of a technical assistance program for rural women. This for S/200 million. “This initiative must consider the reality and learning possibilities of rural women, in addition to their time to carry out productive technical support,” says Conveagro.

The creation of a National Agroecology Program with a cost of S/500 million. The objective of the measure is to increase the income of this type of farmers.