Quinoa is the main export grain as superfood in Peru

On the "National Day of Andean Grains", which is celebrated this June 30, the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) announced that quinoa is the main export product of this category, with sales that reached the last year the US $ 125 million to 50 countries in the world. Peru has celebrated the "National Day of Andean Grains" on June 30 for 8 years, a date recognized by Ministerial Resolution No. 0392-2013-MIDAGRI, which includes quinoa, cañihua, kiwicha or amaranth and lupine or tarhui, considered for its high nutritional value, as superfoods or superfoods. Due to their high content of iron and other nutrients, they are being included in the "National Campaign to Fight Anemia", reported Midagri. The production of the main four Andean grains generates about 5.7 million wages in the field, in addition to creating various jobs during processing, transportation, research, marketing, among other activities. In our country, more than 125 thousand families obtain ...