quinoa - here and there how a "superfood" trend in the us effects producers in bolivia
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Quinoa - here and there How a "superfood" trend in the US effects producers in Bolivia. Birgit & Laura KSC Dietetic Interns. Objectives. 1. Identify how and where quinoa is grown. 2. Be able to explain the consequences of higher quinoa demand. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Quinoa - here and there
How a "superfood" trend in the US effects producers in Bolivia
Birgit & LauraKSC Dietetic Interns
Objectives
1. Identify how and where quinoa is grown.
2. Be able to explain the consequences of higher quinoa demand.
3. Name two pros and cons for Bolivia’s exportation of quinoa.
4. Discuss how US consumer can influence the market.
• FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
The International Year of the
Quinoa
What is Quinoa?Chenopodium Quinoa
Chenopod family
"Superfood"Complete proteinHealthy fatsHigher content of calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, and zinc when compared with other "grains"
image: alterecofoods.com
Where is it grown• Mostly in the arid mountains and
coastal valleys of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Chile (80,000 tons harvest in 2010)
• In the US some small-scale farms are testing it, biggest is White Mountain Farm in the Colorado Rockies (US production less than 5 tons)
• emerging interest in other parts of the world
image: ediblecommunities.com
image: lespetitesgourmettes.com
Bolivia
History of Quinoa• quinoa was one of the staples of Inca
food, together with maize • quinoa means "mother grain" in the
Inca language• it was suppressed by the
Conquistadores • grew again in popularity in the 1970s• in Bolivia it remained "peasant food"
until recently• since 2011 Bolivia supports quinoa
farming
Demand – Supply - PriceDemand of quinoa in the US increases
prices increase
quinoa production in Bolivia increased income of quinoa farmers increased
The dark side of increased production:
• soil depletiono less fertilization from llamas o no crop rotationo 30 % of the quinoa farmers come from the
cities and don't follow traditional methods
• food production for the Bolivian market has decreased - malnutrition
• quinoa replaced by other food• land disputes
Quinoa Quandary
Fair Trade from Bolivia
or locally grown?
ActivityPlease discuss in your groups Pros and
Cons of Fair Trade quinoa from Bolivia or US grown quinoa.
Think about effects on the price, incomes, environment, local markets. (It's o.k. to speculate).
Resourceshttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/20/quinoa-boom-bolivian_n_2724251.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/14/quinoa-andes-bolivia-peru-crop&ei=70M5UaqvK4z2xgWN1YGAAg&sig2=BBdzdggDM-NaWHq-tjyHig&ct=b
www.whfoods.com/
http://montrose.patch.com/articles/quinoa-quandary-is-buying-fair-trade-enough
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVbuuxZApnM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haGRAFAjUZ8
http://www.voxxi.com/quinoa-consumption-drives-price-up/2/
http://www.coha.org/quinoa-economic-growth-hindering-economic-development/
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2013/01/quinoa_bad_for_bolivian_and_peruvian_farmers_ignore_the_media_hand_wringing.2.html
https://nacla.org/article/pachamama-goes-organic-bolivia%E2%80%99s-quinoa-farmers
http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/01/quinoa-good-evil-or-just-really-complicated
http://www.andeannaturals.com/Brand.html