(2) Grain of gold ... Heritage Inca to fight hunger La Paz ( Bolivia) - AFP Wednesday, February 20, 2013 United Nations launched a « Quinoa year World » , a plant nicknamed gold bead known advantages since the Inca civilization , and has become popular today received economically , agriculturally and food in Bolivia and Peru. And celebrate the United Nations, during the current year , a year quinoa world , in honor of the Andean region as residents succeeded in maintaining this plant grown seven thousand years ago , and the background material in meals civilizations dating back thousands of years. He was appointed President of Bolivia , Evo Morales , last year , special representative of the Organization of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) in order to promote this food item hacks » . Will participate , along with the First Lady of Peru , Nadine Heredia , a special ambassador quinoa , in addition to the Secretary- General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon , at the launch of the events of the year quinoa in New York . Bolivian President , descending from the indigenous population, was once farms quinoa , and still involved in planting this plant in an area Oranuka his hometown. Bolivia is the leading producer and exporter of quinoa , with 70 percent of the global market share . However , a large part of its production run away to Peru , where also grown this plant , along with Ecuador , Chile, Argentina and Brazil. According to official data , Bolivia produces 48 thousand and 500 tons of quinoa in a single year , in an area stretching over 95 thousand hectares. And allocate 70 percent of this production for export , especially to the United States and Europe , while remaining available for domestic consumption. The Peru , quinoa are issued to about 30 countries, and this plant exports rose by 143 percent between 2008 and 2012, and increased by more than 92 percent since the year 2010 . Said Elsa فالادارس , of the National Institute of innovations in the field of agriculture in Peru : «We hope that constitute the activities of the United Nations and interface reflect the benefits of quinoa » , adding that «the goal requires the promotion of grain gold these that we have in order to mainstream benefits around the world and stimulate demand » . Nadine Heredia will participate for its part in the activities organized by the Peruvian companies exporting quinoa , to view this plant grown in the Andean region, in stores that sell organic material in America. It is also planned to participate in a luncheon which serves contains quinoa, and displays the video in context for the nutritional value of the « gold bead is this . Nadine Heredia hopes to become a diet for the Andean region , and based on quinoa , known worldwide . And quinoa belong to the type known scientifically b « Chinobodiasaa » , and contains the beets and spinach . Discovered the advantages of food ( easy to digest and gluten - free and rich in iron and protein , omega-3 and low-fat ) in the seventies of the twentieth century in Western countries . Germain drew Gallardo, from the Ministry of Rural Development in Bolivia , that « the quinoa is the only plant material that contain all the essential amino acids , and have higher nutritional value of milk and eggs, was equal to the nutritional value of meat . The experiments are underway for transplantation in Europe, Asia , Africa and Australia , as these grain grows in semi-arid regions has a height of 4 thousand meters above sea level. The World Health Organization ( WHO ) nicknamed this plant b grain of gold , which is the focus of a campaign launched by the organization FAO to promote the benefits and enhance the likelihood of use in the fight against hunger and malnutrition.
Posted on: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 04:18:16 +0000
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