Sustainability assessments to inform the design of multifunctional grazing landscapes need to look beyond greenhouse gas emissions to simultaneously embrace other social and environmental criteria. Here...
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Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is a dicotyledonous herbaceous plant of the Amaranthaceae family. Its center of origin is in the Andes Region in South America. Across the region, an important biodiversity...
The worldwide interest in cultivating quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa, Willd.) is mainly due to the plant's hardiness and its strong nutritional potential. It is one of the main foods of the Andean...
Studies of livelihoods and food systems since the start of the global pandemic in 2020 have shown a consistent pattern: the primary risks to food and livelihood security are at the household level...
In South America, public policies take a strong interest in alternative technologies to agricultural chemical inputs (pesticides and fertilisers). Some South American countries support biological...