Quinoa producers attend a German Fair: BioFach 2015

Quinoa news from http://www.hoybolivia.com: Quinoa producers manage business for more than Bs 150 million at a German Fair The president of the National Association of Quinoa Producers (ANAPQUI), Juan Crispin, said Thursday [02/19/2015] that business deals for more than Bs150 million were achieved at the international fair of production and marketing of organic products “BioFach…

Quinoa exports to USA are falling

El Diario reports: Peru doubled its market share in 2014 Quinoa exports to USA are falling Bolivian government committed support to the crop, but the apparent downturn in international marketing of cereal worries the producers. Bolivia lost ground in selling royal quinoa in US markets by the end of this year and Peru was positioned as…

Bolivian quinoa is ALL over the world!

… and make no mistake, Bolivian ROYAL QUINOA is the best of the varieties out there, and it can ONLY be grown in our highlands, Potosi!! other varieties are grown in neighboring countries, the USA, even China… but to my pride, OUR ROYAL QUINOA is for REAL and EXPORT! The UN, NASA are among the…

Quinoa for export…? just the name or the actual produce??!

Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Quinoa for export It’s been the international year of quinoa and has left, a more famous quinoa in the world, but also leaves a problematic legacy: • The price of quinoa in Bolivia is rising despite the efforts of companies to keep stocked the domestic market. • The rest…

Bolivia to lose its comparative and natural advantage on Quinoa!!

Gregory Beltran reports for La Prensa: EUROPE, AMERICA, AFRICA AND EVEN CHINA MAKE EXPERIMENTS More countries compete with the Andean quinoa The country is making efforts, but is about to lose the comparative advantage of the product. Quinoa worldwide crops expands rapidly and threatens the productive supremacy that Bolivia and Peru have so far, according…