The quinoa boom was therefore a welcome income boost to female farmers who had little in the way of alternative income sources.
… trade has resulted in a reduction of diversity of quinoa production into 20 or so improved varieties.
In the altiplano, subsistence farmers have cultivated up to 60 different varieties, which in future may offer a way to adapt to climate change.
And a similar story around rooibos (redbush) tea from the Western Cape.