The Chocoa is organised to promote the consumption and production of sustainable cocoa and chocolate. The objective of the Chocoa Trade Fair is to facilitate new contacts between cocoa growers and chocolate makers. The Trade Fair took place in de Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam on Thursday March 27th, and continued the next day, during the … Read more
The spices and herbs trade has been growing rapidly for several decades. In response to the sector’s growth and the extraordinary diversity of the trade and its products, the global food standards body the Codex Alimentarius Commission last year established the Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH). The first meeting of the CCSCH … Read more
This year the 25th edition of BioFach took place in Nuremberg from 12–15 February. BioFach is the world’s leading Trade Fair for Organic Food. Three companies that participate in the CBI Export Coaching Programme Natural Ingredients Bolivia exhibited at BioFach 2014. Representatives of the companies Sindan Organic SRL, Agronat SA and Sumar presented their products. … Read more
After a first round with quinoa experts in the end of January, CBI’s quinoa scenario planning process found its closure in an international expert meeting in Nürnberg, Germany. In the context of the organic trade fair Biofach, quinoa exporters from Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, European importers, researchers, scientists and many other key actors were … Read more
Despite or because of the latest price shocks, trends and rumors in the international quinoa market in 2013 and the beginning of 2014, the Centre for Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI) has invited several experts within that field to analyze the current situation and discuss possible future scenarios for the sector. Representatives of … Read more
The year 2014 started without vegetable protein. Dutch media announce on the 6th January what many traders claim to have foreseen for the international quinoa trade: Due to a worldwide over-demand for the golden grain, quinoa is scarce and supermarket shelves remain empty. Well-established companies like Lassie and new-comers like NatureCrops are out of stock … Read more
What is the current situation about the possibilities of growing quinoa in the Netherlands? And what are the drawbacks? Have a look at the recently published article “Quinoa made in the Netherlands” on NOS OP 3. What is your opinion about this?
In October 2013, quinoa producers from the region Salinas de Garci Mendoza in Bolivia were introduced to new machinery which they might use in a pilot project for the season 2013/2014. The machinery with the name Satiri I, II and III has been imported from Argentina just at the right time of land preparation, fertilization … Read more
Is the Quinoa’s future threatened? In Bolivia, prices only know their way up and big companies are entering the market and push away small-scale farmers. Pedro Claver, quinoa production manager at FAUTAPO Bolivia gives an insight about the happenings in Bolivia: “Interview PC”
Although the quinoa sector is unstable and fragile, Carlos Eduardo Franceschi, CCO of America Organica thinks that by supporting small-scale farmers, the success of quinoa will continue: “Interview CEF”, in Spanish “Entrevista CEF”