Quinoa, Peru's main export grain, reaches 50 countries as a "superfood"

On the "National Day of Andean Grains", which is celebrated today, the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) announced that quinoa is the main export product of this category, with sales that reached last year 125 million dollars 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 super foods or super foods. The production of the main 4 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 their income from the cultivation of Andean grains. Only in 2020, the production of the four Andean grains totaled 127 thousand tons, with the regions with ...