📋 Tender Overview
They will install 929 hectares in three years, for the benefit of 3700 families.More than 3700 rural families will benefit from the installation of 929 hectares of forest plantations, thanks to an investment exceeding 6 million soles granted by the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri), through the National Forest and Silvestre Fauna Service (Serfor) and its Sustainable Productive Bosques Program (BPS).
Nine producers from Cajamarca have received funds of up to S/ 742,500 each to install up to 100 hectares of forest plantations. Only so far this year, 147 hectares have already been implemented, marking a significant advance in the afforestation of the region.
Leonidas Escobar, president of the Association of Agricultural and Forestry of Los Rieles, one of the unions that accessed the financing granted by the SERFOR, explained the economic, social and environmental benefits of the plantations.
In 15 years we can sell the wood and obtain profits. But from now on, we generate employment for our associates and surrounding community members, through wages at the plantation installation stage and then during their handling, said Leonidas Escobar.
In La Encanada, 20 farmers shared innovative silviculture techniques, that is, adequate practices for the establishment of highly productive plantations and generate greater income to the 3700 families that benefit from this activity.
In the forest encounter, plantations that transform lives, technical knowledge and local knowledge were given, such as the Minga, which means communal work, and the agricultural calendar. The producers themselves were exhibitors and announced their experiences and learning.
Producers play a fundamental role in the future of the forest. With the installation of timber species, we contribute to the demand for wood in the national market. Thus, we help reduce pressure on natural forests and stop deforestation, said Leoncio Ugarte, head of the SERFOR BPS plantations project.
It should be noted that, at the beginning of forest activity, a group of farmers offered a payment to the land, as an act of reciprocity and thanks to the Pachamama, a fundamental element in the Andean worldview and the representation of nature that supports life.
The SERFOR through the Sustainable Productive Bosques program encourages forest management under sustainability and productivity criteria, contributing to the reduction of deforestation, mitigation of climate change and the conservation of biodiversity in Peru.
