FAO names Mexico as a demonstration country for amaranth

2000Agro/Redacción The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) designated Mexico as a demonstration country for strengthening the amaranth value chain. This designation is part of the global initiative “One country, one priority product” and represents a recognition of Mexico and its producers, researchers and agroindustry for their commitment, tenacity and work to intensify the production, transformation and promotion of this important grain as an alternative to the desertification process that many regions of the central-northern part of the country and the world are going through. The recognition also highlights the potential that amaranth and other ancestral crops have to improve the living conditions of producers in their countries and their contribution to food security, nutrition and well-being of the population in Mexico and the world. Amaranth is the most complete plant-based product and one of the most important sources of proteins, minerals and ...