The Ministry of Agricultural Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI) announced on March 19 that more than 4,000 women agricultural producers from across the country have participated in the call for the Rural and Indigenous Women’s Entrepreneurship Strategy (EEMRI 2026).
This initiative aims to improve the competitiveness and quality of life for women entrepreneurs in agriculture. According to MIDAGRI, over 400 women’s agricultural organizations submitted their eligibility applications before the registration deadline of March 13 to access economic grants under EEMRI 2026.
The process continues with these organizations now undergoing document review and field verification. Those that meet requirements will be declared eligible for financial support of up to S/137,500 per organization. The fifth round of this program is managed through AGROIDEAS, an entity under MIDAGRI, with a budget allocation of S/10 million dedicated to strengthening the economic autonomy of rural and indigenous women’s organizations involved in agricultural, livestock, or forestry ventures.
Representatives from all 24 regions registered for this national call, with higher numbers coming from Junín, Cajamarca, Apurímac, Huancavelica, Lima, Pasco, Puno, Amazonas, Ayacucho, Ancash, San Martín and Piura. The participating organizations proposed projects across 39 productive chains including guinea pigs, poultry, coffee and cocoa.
Eligible organizations will receive guidance on developing their entrepreneurship plans. These plans will then be evaluated by AGROIDEAS. Grant selection will depend on available resources until the assigned budget is exhausted.
Since 2022 to date, subsidies have been awarded to more than 9,053 rural and indigenous women through 787 entrepreneurship plans nationwide—mainly supporting productive chains such as guinea pig farming, dairy production, poultry farming, cocoa cultivation and others.
