Calling for a reappraisal of the impact of quinoa expansion on agricultural sustainability in the Andean highlands

The debate on the environmental and social sustentainability of quinoa in its area of major world production (southern highlands of Bolivia) revived with the acceptance by the United Nations of the Bolivian proposal to declare in 2013 as the Year of the Quinoa. Public debate focused on local impacts...

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Autores principales:	Winkel,Thierry, Álvarez-Flores,Ricardo, Bertero,Daniel, Cruz,Pablo, del Castillo,Carmen, Joffre,Richard, Peredo Parada,Santiago, Sáez Tonacca,Luis
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad de Tarapacá. Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas 2014
Materias:	debate biodiversity socioecological
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-342920140004000122015-01-30Calling for a reappraisal of the impact of quinoa expansion on agricultural sustainability in the Andean highlandsWinkel,ThierryÁlvarez-Flores,RicardoBertero,DanielCruz,Pablodel Castillo,CarmenJoffre,RichardPeredo Parada,SantiagoSáez Tonacca,Luis debate biodiversity socioecological The debate on the environmental and social sustentainability of quinoa in its area of major world production (southern highlands of Bolivia) revived with the acceptance by the United Nations of the Bolivian proposal to declare in 2013 as the Year of the Quinoa. Public debate focused on local impacts of quinoa expansion in the Southern highlands of Bolivia, denouncing several negative impacts of quinoa culture such as land degradation, socioeconomic disrupts and biodiversity loss. However, the global or at least the international implications of the expanding quinoa market were less debated and often in caricature, varying between culpability and ingenuity among consumers, while Andean producers were described as trapped by poverty or short sighted greed. If researchers are to make a relevant contribution to the debate on the impact of quinoa expansion on the social and environmental sustainability of the Andean agriculture, is it necessary to re-evaluate present knowledge and ignorance about local Andean production systems integrated with links at the global scales, taking into account local- global interactions. In the present paper are revisited some major ill- founded assertions commonly expressed in this debate and three lines of arguments are used to support the need for a more cautious and ethical approach to quinoa related issues.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de Tarapacá. Facultad de Ciencias AgronómicasIdesia (Arica) v.32 n.4 20142014-11-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-34292014000400012en10.4067/S0718-34292014000400012
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spellingShingle	debate biodiversity socioecological Winkel,Thierry Álvarez-Flores,Ricardo Bertero,Daniel Cruz,Pablo del Castillo,Carmen Joffre,Richard Peredo Parada,Santiago Sáez Tonacca,Luis Calling for a reappraisal of the impact of quinoa expansion on agricultural sustainability in the Andean highlands
description	The debate on the environmental and social sustentainability of quinoa in its area of major world production (southern highlands of Bolivia) revived with the acceptance by the United Nations of the Bolivian proposal to declare in 2013 as the Year of the Quinoa. Public debate focused on local impacts of quinoa expansion in the Southern highlands of Bolivia, denouncing several negative impacts of quinoa culture such as land degradation, socioeconomic disrupts and biodiversity loss. However, the global or at least the international implications of the expanding quinoa market were less debated and often in caricature, varying between culpability and ingenuity among consumers, while Andean producers were described as trapped by poverty or short sighted greed. If researchers are to make a relevant contribution to the debate on the impact of quinoa expansion on the social and environmental sustainability of the Andean agriculture, is it necessary to re-evaluate present knowledge and ignorance about local Andean production systems integrated with links at the global scales, taking into account local- global interactions. In the present paper are revisited some major ill- founded assertions commonly expressed in this debate and three lines of arguments are used to support the need for a more cautious and ethical approach to quinoa related issues.
author	Winkel,Thierry Álvarez-Flores,Ricardo Bertero,Daniel Cruz,Pablo del Castillo,Carmen Joffre,Richard Peredo Parada,Santiago Sáez Tonacca,Luis
author_facet	Winkel,Thierry Álvarez-Flores,Ricardo Bertero,Daniel Cruz,Pablo del Castillo,Carmen Joffre,Richard Peredo Parada,Santiago Sáez Tonacca,Luis
author_sort	Winkel,Thierry
title	Calling for a reappraisal of the impact of quinoa expansion on agricultural sustainability in the Andean highlands
title_short	Calling for a reappraisal of the impact of quinoa expansion on agricultural sustainability in the Andean highlands
title_full	Calling for a reappraisal of the impact of quinoa expansion on agricultural sustainability in the Andean highlands
title_fullStr	Calling for a reappraisal of the impact of quinoa expansion on agricultural sustainability in the Andean highlands
title_full_unstemmed	Calling for a reappraisal of the impact of quinoa expansion on agricultural sustainability in the Andean highlands
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publisher	Universidad de Tarapacá. Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas
publishDate	2014
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Calling for a reappraisal of the impact of quinoa expansion on agricultural sustainability in the Andean highlands

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