• Empresa Las Puinahuinas, with technical support from PetroTal, has applied for financial support from Agroideas.

The 11 women from the locality of Áncash (district of Puinahua, The company Las Puinahuinas, dedicated to the local production of plantain flour, is looking for boost your business and improve your income with financial support from the Agroideas program of the Ministry of Agrarian Development.

To this end, Las Puinahuinas, with the technical support of PetroTal, has applied to the Together we are stronger“ campaign” which is part of Agroideas' Rural and Indigenous Women's Entrepreneurship Strategy (EEMRI) 2025.

This program provides financial support for co-finance in a 90% the entrepreneurship plans of Women's Agrarian Organizations (WFOs) such as Las Puinahuinas.

Rosa Arirama Tamani, general manager of Las Puinahuinas, pointed out that PetroTal's support has allowed them to improve its production, obtain the sanitary registration of the flour, exhibit and market it in major trade fairs in Iquitos and Lima, such as Expoalimentaria 2024.

According to the EEMRI, by 2024 the strategy has contributed to changing the lives of more than 4,800 rural and indigenous women. At the same time, Las Puinahuinas has a agreement with the state program Agromercado (formerly Sierra Exportadora). This has allowed them to participate in various fairs in Loreto and attract customers who demand significant quantities of their nutritious and versatile product.