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The Osinfor, the Serfor and the UGFFS promote the formalization of family agriculture as an alternative for sustainable development.Yurimaguas. - In one of the main cocoa -producing areas, the organism for the supervision of forest and wildlife resources (Osinfor) promotes the assignment contracts of use for agroforestry systems (CCUSAF) as an alternative to prove that agricultural production comes from sustainable forests and free of deforestation, located in the district of Yurimaguas, province of Alto Amazonas, department of Alto Amazon Loreto
Together with the National Forest and Wildlife Service (Serfor), the Forest and Wildlife Management Unit (UGFFS) of Alto Amazonas and the Folur Project of the Ministry of Environment, the Osinfor arrived at the Santa Isabel hamlet, where they strengthened the capacities of 30 family farmers, 22 of them are already holders of a CCUSAF.
Cusaf are contracts that formalize agroforestry activities carried out in state lands and that provide legal support for farmers and added value to the products, said Erick Marcelo Bonifacio, head of the Osinfors decentralized office in Tarapoto. In addition, they are an opportunity to make way to legal and sustainable productive chains in areas where there is no possibility of degree: small farmers can sow and take advantage of cocoa, coffee and other deforestation free products, meanwhile, with the care of trees contribute to the conservation of forests, he added.
This is the case of Cesar Soberon Munoz, a family farmer from Caserio Dos Olivos who decided and opted for the Cusaf contract to protect the lands where he works. Before I had problems with the invaders who wanted to remove the land, but with the CUSAF we are now sure, we receive training and work hand in hand with the authorities, he says.
Forest governance, key to boosting CUSAF
In order to promote the formalization of more family farmers through the CCUSAF and guarantee their proper implementation, the Osinfor and the SERFOR promote forest governance from the territory, strengthening the capacities of the Forest and Wild Fauna (ARFFS), entities that grant the contracts and that coordinate the technical assistance to guide the farmers.
In this context, the Osinfor trained 11 professionals from the UGFFS of Alto Amazonas in the use of the Cusaf forest backpack, an intercultural and didactic tool that explains the benefits of these contracts, such as the recovery of degraded areas, the conservation of forests and the legal and sustainable use of forest plantations. Subsequently, they replicated this methodology during the Forest Campo School to train the family farmers of the Yurimaguas district, from different hamlets. In addition, they will continue to train, because they already have two backpacks of this theme.
For its part, the SERFOR, in its role of generating the technical conditions necessary for regional governments to efficient and the correct filling of official minutes and formats.
Orientative supervisions that drive the sustainability of forests
Through orientative supervisions, the OSINFOR provides preventive accompaniment to family farmers to identify opportunities for improvement and fulfill their obligations: conserve forest coverage, identify the forest species that are in plots, establish boundaries and guard the area, maintain agroforestry systems in at least 20 % of the area assigned by the State for use, implement practices of soil conservation Water sources, register plantations in the National Registry of Forest Plantations and pay for the right of use.
Until June 2025, the Osinfor has carried out 667 orientative supervisions of CUSAF, lifting information in the field with drones and using satellite images. With this, a coverage of 2,644 hectares with forest plantations was reached.
