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Juntos por el Perú Unveils Plan for Agro Development Bank and National Water Fund

The campaign package links fast credit, new high‑Andean reservoirs and a Midagri overhaul to curb rural vulnerability and tackle illegal mining through legal change.

Overview

  • César Guarniz Vigo presented a bundled agricultural platform for Juntos por el Perú at the JNE technical debate that proposes coordinated financial, water and institutional measures for smallholders.
  • The plan calls for a Banco de Desarrollo Agropecuario intended to reach one million small producers within the first 100 days of government through rapid, targeted credit.
  • Water measures include a proposed Fondo Nacional del Agua, a national program of high‑Andean reservoirs, pozos tubulares and cochas to close an estimated irrigation funding gap of more than S/14,000 million and fix more than 60% of small irrigation channels lacking proper revestimiento.
  • Productive reforms would modernize and digitalize the Ministry of Development Agrario y Riego, promote local processing and a urea plant using Bayóvar phosphates, set up collection and transformation centers, and offer dedicated financing lines including increased support for women producers.
  • All elements were presented as campaign proposals, not enacted policy, and include the stated aim of derogating the so‑called 'ley antiforestal' to link environmental law changes with efforts to reduce illegal mining, deforestation and contamination that affect rural communities.