Peru: National quinoa production grew 10.3% in 2020
Quinoa
Peru
Published Jan 30, 2021
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In 2020, the national production of quinoa reached 99 thousand tons, representing an increase of 10.3% compared to the 89,775 tons shipped in 2019, the director of Promotion and Commercial Articulation Sierra de Sierra and Selva Exportadora, José, told Agraria.pe Alberto Laos Espinoza.
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He pointed out that last year around 67 thousand hectares of quinoa were harvested in Peru (in 2019 there were 65,280 ha), the regions with the largest areas dedicated to this crop being Puno with 45.2% of the total, Ayacucho 18%, Apurímac 12.9%, Arequipa 8%, Cusco 4.8%, Junín 4%, others 7.2%. He added that in our country there are 143,722 Andean grain producers, of which an estimated 88,360 only sow quinoa and the rest sow various grains such as tarhui, cañihua, kiwicha, etc. According to the Quinoa Market Analysis, issued by the Sierra y Selva Exportadora Commercial Intelligence Unit, in 2019 Peruvian quinoa exports reached US $ 134,549,934, registering an increase of 7.5% compared to US $ 125 '177,981 ...
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