Resources Tagged: Quinoa

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  1. Quinoa biodiversity and sustainability for food security under climate change. A review

    Abstract,Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2015 Climate change is rapidly degrading the conditions of crop production. For instance, increasing salinization and aridity is forecasted to increase in most parts of the world. As a consequence, new stress-tolerant species and genotypes must be...
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  2. Quinoa in the Kitchen

    2013-10-20 Quinoa was a staple food of the Quechua and Aymara peoples in the Andes region of South America; today it is mainly grown in Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador. Because of its high nutritional value, quinoa is called chisiya, meaning ‘mother grain’ in the Quechua language. Quinoa is known for its great...
    Nutritional Value Recipes Quinoa

  3. The Wasp that Protects our Crops - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video By keeping live barriers with flowers around your fields, you help to protect the wasps and the other good insects. And it is easier to produce quinoa without insecticides while conserving our fertile soil. Available languages Arabic Bambara English French...
    Organic Farming Integrated Pest Ma... IPM Quinoa AccessAgriculture

  4. FM 2016 Farming Matters Vol 32 #2

    2016-06-20 Making millets matter in Madhya Pradesh Real solutions are in the diversity of food and farming Lupin regains ground in Central Ecuador Farmers' firm grip on diversity Heritage grains - digging our roots, planting our seeds Lining food choice with biodiversity Fair and sustainable expansion of...
    Diversity Grains Sustainability Millet Pastoralism Quinoa Biodiversity