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Quinoa Field Peru

For the inca civilization quinoa was a staple food second in importance after the potato.

Quinoa field peru. Organiccrops does not purchase quinoa from farmers. It was first used to feed livestock 5270 thousand years ago and for human consumption 34 thousand years ago in the lake titicaca basin of peru and bolivia. Quinoa is a is a flowering plant from the amaranth family that originated from the andean region of peru and a few other south american regions.

Quinoa the andean super grain took consumer markets by storm. We sell and export wholesale and bulk quinoa for the farmers as a broker ensuring that the majority of the sales profit goes directly to the farmers. Some researchers are working with quinoa farmers in bolivia and peru to try to develop internal markets for.

This appealed greatly to the consumer market in the western world that consists mainly of hipsters vegans vegetarians and overall those who focus on maintaining a healthy organic lifestyle. Quinoa is a crop that originated in the south american andes of peru and bolivia and was domesticated by pre columbian civilizations more than 6000 years ago. During this same period quinoas price surged by 600.

The history of quinoa is rooted in south america in the andes region that is divided up between the countries of argentina bolivia chile colombia ecuador and peru. Our quinoa is harvested by hand by local farmers and farming cooperatives. Also bolivia and peru marketed their quinoa product as being authentic to the region where it originated as well as being an organic product.

It is primarily grown for its edible seeds called the quinoa grain. Quinoa is not a grass but rather a pseudocereal botanically related to spinach and amaranth amaranthus spp and originated in the andean region of northwestern south america. Quinoa production in peru amounted to approximately 86 thousand metric tons in 2018 up from 787 thousand tons a year earlier.

A bolivian farmer harvests organic quinoa in his fields in puerto perez bolivia. In the period between 2010 and 2018 quinoa production in the country. The quinoa genome has been mapped and that could mean competition for peruvian famers.

Quinoa from peru is considered the finest quinoa grain.