Leveraging Social Protection and Economic Inclusion Interventions for Agrifood Sytem. A case study of Peru

Rivera, Rodrigo

ABSTRACT

This study is one of five undertaken by the FAO and the Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence in Food Security (CoE-FS) at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa to understand the role of social protection programs’ design, outcomes and impacts on food system transformation.

The country case of Peru focuses on the analysis of two public policy interventions and their interaction with the food systems’ elements, actors, and outcomes. The National Direct Support Program for the Poorest (JUNTOS) is a conditional cash transfer program implemented in 2005 to break the intergenerational transmission of poverty by providing the rural vulnerable population with access to essential goods and services. The second intervention, Haku Wiñay/Noa Jayatai (HW/NJ), is a program launched in 2012 to promote the economic inclusion of vulnerable groups in rural areas. The study is composed of a first part of literature review and data analysis on the current statistics of the policy interventions, and a second part of key key interviews with four country experts in social policy and rural development.