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Quinoa is called the golden grain not only due to its appearance but also due to its many positive properties. Quinoa has a strong adaptability to extreme climate and soil conditions. Further, its nutritional properties are outstanding since it is a rich source of proteins, phosphorus, calcium and iron and contains all important amino acids.
…Or can fundamental factors in supply and demand explain the increase in prices and limited availability? For a small and exotic crop like quinoa it is unusual to hit the headlines in national media. But quinoa managed just this last week in Dutch media (such as De Telegraaf, NRC Handelsblad and Biojournaal), although the occasion … Read more
This document gives insight into the production aspects of Bolivian quinoa, trade facts, price development and expectations for the sector’s future. Data is derived from several sources: information from the European market is provided by Eurostat, about the Bolivian sector, the document “Bolivian Quinoa Travels Beyond Borders” by the Bolivian Institute for Foreign Commerce gives … Read more
In the region of Cajamarca in the North-West of Peru, the regional management of Agriculture initiated a program that shall benefit over 10,000 farmers in the region. The “Improving the Competitiveness of Andean Crops Supply Chains” is a program that aims at converting Cajamarca into one of the main production regions of the country. With … Read more
Price development: After the unexpected drop in the quinoa price last week (24.5.2014), the price has “recovered” again. Farmers were paid 1,650 Bolivianos for their quintals which translates into $5.30/kg. That is not the peak price of $5,80, which was reached on the 17th of May. The price for red quinoa stays stable at $4,82 … Read more
In context of his PhD thesis, Enrico Avitabile in collaboration with the FAO publishes the following infographic which visualizes the effects of the quinoa boom on family farmers in the Bolivian Southern Altiplano. http://www.fao.org/resources/infographics/infographics-details/en/c/225070/ The conclusions that can be drawn from the 100 surveys with farmers in the producing area around the salt flats in … Read more
The first figures from the quinoa trade in 2014 are out! Both Bolivian and Peruvian market information services (INE in Bolivia and ADEX in Peru) publish facts about the countries’ exports. Unsurprisingly, exports have increased in comparison to the first trimester in 2013. Between January and March 2014, Peruvian exports have increased with 237%, which … Read more
Price Development: And once again, the direction in which the quinoa price is moving changes again. After the last weeks, in which we could observe a steady price increase that peaked at $5.80 for a kg of quinoa, many insiders expected the quinoa price to grow even more in the season 2014/2015. But last Saturday, … Read more
Dutch Tros Radar investigates residue levels in quinoa brands On 19 May 2014, the Dutch television programme Tros Radar investigates pesticide residues in quinoa. Five Dutch quinoa brands were tested, of which residues were found in three. Two of these actually fell within the very strict limit of the European organic industry, but nevertheless the … Read more
Together with India, other countries in the lower latitudes start cultivating quinoa as well. Day length and soil properties seem to be appropriate but researchers are still experimenting about the right sowing date and irrigation methods. In 2008, Mr Hassan Munir started experiments on fields in Pakistan (http://www.shahzadbasra.com/quinoa/) and Morocco is busy already since 1999 … Read more
Although the quinoa season 2014 has started with many more hectares and high yields, quinoa prices reach already 1,800 Bolivianos per quintal. The latest Challapata Market Update, 19 May 2014