Andenes of Cuyocuyo, the first agrobiodiversity zone of Peru, received the 2025 Equatorial Prize awarded by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
The award recognizes nature -based solutions that contribute to climatic action, to inclusive development and the resilience of communities.
The initiative was selected along with nine other projects from Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Kenia, Papua New Guinea and Tanzania. In total, more than 700 candidates from 103 countries were evaluated, within the tenth sixth edition of the award.
“This award is a recognition of the struggle of our communities to preserve our agrobiodiversity and our territory. We are proud to know that our work will inspire for other communities in Peru and the world,” Sabino Ccori Torres, coordinator of the Zabd Andenes Management Committee of Cuyocuyo said.
The recognition highlights the value of its 6,555 hectares of conservation, where more than 1,200 native agricultural varieties are cultivated, including seven of the eight domesticated potato species in the world.
