Quinua and food security

Hellin, Jon; Higman, Sophie

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“…The robust character of quinoa is due to a high level of tolerance to frost (Jacobsen et al, 2005, Bois et al, 2006), drought (Vacher, 1998), and soil salinity (Jacobsen et al, 2003a). This traditional Andean seed crop (Pearsall, 1992) is gaining interest as a food security crop (Hellin et al, 2004), even outside its center of origin (Jacobsen, 1998, 2003; Jacobsen et al, 1998, 2003b; Benlhabib et al, 2004). It has a very high nutritional value (Mujica et al, 2006).…”

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Simulating Yield Response of Quinoa to Water Availability with AquaCrop

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Th e modeling of yield response to water is expected to play an increasingly important role in the optimization of crop water productivity (WP) in agriculture. During 3 yr (2004)(2005)(2006)(2007), fi eld experiments were conducted to assess the crop response to water stress of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) in the Bolivian Altiplano (4000 masl) under diff erent watering conditions (from rain fed, RF, to full irrigation, FI). Crop physiological measurements and comparisons between simulated and observed soil water content (SWC), canopy cover (CC), biomass production, and fi nal seed yield of a selected number of fi elds were used to calibrate the AquaCrop model. Subsequently, the model was validated for diff erent locations and varieties using data from other experimental fi elds and from farmers' fi elds. Additionally, a sensitivity analysis was performed for key input variables of the parameterized model. AquaCrop simulated well the decrease of the harvest index (HI) of quinoa in response to drought during early grain fi lling as observed in the fi eld. Further-on, the procedure for triggering early canopy senescence was deactivated in the model as observed in the fi eld. Biomass WP (g m −2 ) decreased by 9% under fully irrigated conditions compared with RF and defi cit irrigation (DI) conditions, most probably due to severe nutrient depletion. Satisfactory results were obtained for the simulation of total biomass and seed yield [validation regression R 2 = 0.87 and 0.83, and Nash-Sutcliff effi ciency (EF) = 0.82 and 0.79, respectively]. Sensitivity analysis demonstrated the robustness of the AquaCrop model for simulation of quinoa growth and production, although further improvements of the model for soil nutrient depletion, pests, diseases, and frost are also possible. available water in the soil between fi eld capacity and permanent wilting point; WP, water productivity; WP*, water productivity, normalized for ET o ; Y, total seed yield; Z x , maximum rooting depth.

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“…Interestingly, the primary importer of Bolivian quinoa exports in the 1990s was Peru, much of which is trafficked illegally, making it unclear even today how much Peruvian quinoa is actually produced in Peru. International interest in the grain continued to increase slowly and by the late 1990s, US annual imports reached 900 tons [19] . Peru began exporting quinoa in 2002, though Bolivia still commanded 83% of worldwide quinoa exports.…”

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Nutrition Politics in the Quinoa Boom: Connecting Consumer and Producer Nutrition in the Commercialization of Traditional Foods

McDonell¹

2016

IJFNS

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In the past decade, quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd) has transformed from a local "Indian food," produced and consumed almost exclusively in the Andean highlands, into a global consumer "super food" lauded for its amino acid, vitamin, and mineral content. While popular press articles have criticized quinoa commercialization for provoking a price surge that left small farmers unable to afford eating this nutritious staple, this paper critically examines evidence supporting this argument and investigates the complex and contradictory nutritional politics of the quinoa boom. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in the Peruvian high lands, this paper argues that quinoa consumption simultaneously symbolizes a "traditional" past while heralding an economically prosperous future for farmers and the nation of Peru. It demonstrates that changing relations to quinoa consumption are the result of complex individual and family-level negotiations about ideas of bodily health, tradition, and modernity. The article uses the quinoa boom as a case study to point to broader trends and challenges with commercializing traditional nutritional staples. Given the surging demand for super foods, novel foods with exceptional nutritional profiles that are often linked to traditional peoples, this research is prescient and should inform future efforts seeking to leverage demand for super foods for rural development.

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“…Quinoa is part of the diet of Andean populations for about 7000 years and has recently become a dietetic, organic, and gourmet commodity for Northern consumers (Bazile et al, 2015;Hellin and Higman, 2003). Family farmers of the southern Bolivian Altiplano initiated this change 40 y ago, but are now worried about the sustainability of their production.…”

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Panarchy of an indigenous agroecosystem in the globalized market: The quinoa production in the Bolivian Altiplano

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Chevarria-Lazo³

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Global Environmental Change

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Agricultural globalization is blamed for destructive impacts on small farms in developing countries. Yet, many local societies are proactive in the face of these changes and show high adaptive capacity. Investigating their transformations with an integrative perspective and enough hindsight may reveal some of the bases of their resilience and adaptive capacity. Using field data and the panarchy concept of resilience theory, we analyzed the territorial and social dynamics of quinoa growers' communities in southern Bolivia over the last four decades, a case study of regime shift in a poverty-stricken rural society which deliberately entered the global food market. Linking the dynamics of the household economy to the territorial and social subsystems over several decades, we gained insights into the interactions that shaped the rise of quinoa production in the region. We found that a vivid tradition of mobility allowing for pluriactivity on- and off-farm, combined with community self-governance, explains how local populations succeeded in articulating individual agency with collective control over their commons of land, seed resources, and social rules. Our vulnerability analysis points to landscape homogenization, social inequity, and increased dependence on external factors as potential sources of unsustainability. We conclude that, to cope with the changes of unprecedented magnitude they are facing, local producers should retain social cohesion and autonomous governance, without giving up on their heritage of mobility and economic redundancy. As regards theory, we identified cross-scale subsystem configurations critical for regime shifts, and confirm the value of panarchy in capturing complex socioecological dynamics. (Résumé d'auteur

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Quinua and food security

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Simulating Yield Response of Quinoa to Water Availability with AquaCrop

Simulating Yield Response of Quinoa to Water Availability with AquaCrop

Nutrition Politics in the Quinoa Boom: Connecting Consumer and Producer Nutrition in the Commercialization of Traditional Foods

Panarchy of an indigenous agroecosystem in the globalized market: The quinoa production in the Bolivian Altiplano

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