“Quinoa is the most complete food known to mankind and Bolivia is one of the major producers of this food that is so important to mankind. Therein lies the importance of this VIII Quinoa Congress,” said the President in an act held at the Casa Grande del Pueblo (government headquarters).
During his speech to producers from different parts of the country, Arce expressed the government’s satisfaction by opening his arms to the producers of this food, researchers, university students, academics and other sectors linked to the quinoa production chain World event to receive America and the rest of the world.
He announced that in this forum we will receive “all those accredited to contribute to the improvement of the productivity, production, commercialization and industrialization of our golden grain in our country”.
He insisted that a debate and exchange of experiences is expected, sparking ideas that will help increase and improve the sowing and harvesting of what he calls the “golden grain”, especially as the world faces a climate crisis with severe impacts agricultural production stops.
“We produce quinoa – the dignitary stressed – but we want to produce more and better, and the national government is willing to invest resources in improving quinoa production and helping our producers to increase this production for Bolivia and the world .”
Dubbed the “golden grain” for its rich content of vitamins and minerals such as phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and calcium, as well as amino acids, this grain has recognized nutritional benefits.
Arce recalled that quinoa is an ancient cultivated plant from the Andean highlands between Bolivia and Peru, which has adapted to adverse climatic conditions and has been made available to great civilizations such as the Tiahuanacota and Inca for over seven thousand years.
The available literature highlights that Bolivia excels in the production of royal organic quinoa, sowing and harvesting this Andean grain mainly in the regions of La Paz, Oruro and Potosí.
Regarding this food, the engineer Félix Terceros, executive general director of the National Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Innovation, explained to Prensa Latina that in recent years the Altiplanic country has shown some weaknesses in terms of exports and at the VIII Congress aims to to solve various problems related to this problem.
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