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...

Efforts to promote the development and agricultural value chains are a common element of strategies to stimulate economic growth in low-income countries. Since the world food price crisis in 2007-2008...

The IYQ-2013 highlighted the huge biodiversity of quinoa crop and its high nutritional value. This international recognition conferred a new status to this minor crop for food and agriculture. The rapid...