Tropentag, September 10 - 12, 2025, Bonn "Reconciling land system changes with planetary health"

Policy and practice synergies in Carabayllo’s family farming: A pathway to food security and biodiversity conservation?

San Ignacio de Loyola University, Environmental Engineering, Peru

Abstract

Peruvian family farming contributes to almost all national food production and supplies more than half of the domestic consumption, according to national reports. The predominant structural challenges for this economic activity hinder pathways out of poverty, which refers to economic terms but also in terms of food security and conservation of biodiversity. The Peruvian government has enacted three laws directed to family farmers: Law No. 30407 for the promotion of family farming; Law No. 31071 for the state procurement from family farmers; and Law No. 29196 for the promotion of organic or ecological production. At the local level, the Municipality of Carabayllo implemented a policy to promote ecological family farmers’ markets within its jurisdiction (N° 459-MDC). This poster examines the intertwining of these policies with food security and biodiversity conservation as framed by FAO’s 4 dimensions of food security - availability, accessibility, utilisation and stability -, and the 2030 targets from the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. The objective of this poster is to explain how national and local - Carabayllo district - policies directed at family farming contribute to food security and biodiversity conservation. The methodology included a thematic policy analysis of current policies complemented with documentary, interviews with local actors and participant observation, to qualitatively assess how Peruvian policies, as part of the context , and local family farming policies align with two international frameworks and local practices. Preliminary findings suggest that organic and agroecological policies - especially at the local level - have the potential to promote food security and biodiversity conservation according to the international frameworks. Sharing of knowledge and information, capacity building and market access, as positive incentives, appear to tackle both global issues. However, the implementation represented in local practices by stakeholders faced compliance issues, potentially linked to budgetary constraints. As this research is ongoing, these results should be understood as preliminary.

Keywords: Biodiversity conservation, food security, policy analysis

Contact Address: Liza Melina Meza Flores, San Ignacio de Loyola University, Environmental Engineering, Av. Panamericana Sur 251, Lima 4 Lima, Peru, e-mail: lizamefloyahoo.com