Title
Environmental sustainability of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) production in the inter-Andean valleys of Peru
Other title
Sostenibilidad ambiental de la producción de quinua (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) en los valles interandinos del Perú
Date Issued
12 June 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Corporacion Colombiana de Investigacion Agropecuaria Corpoica
Abstract
In the last ten years, the production of quinoa in Peru has intensified, going from traditional practices to technified production systems based on market demand, which has caused changes in economic, social, and mainly environmental terms. The aim of the study was to establish the environmental sustainability indexes in three quinoa-producing communities in the high Andean area of the department of Ayacucho, Peru. Under the methodological approach of multi-criteria analysis, a scale was created in sustainability percentage assessment, being a value of zero (0) not sustainable, and a value of 100 percent the maximum sustainability threshold. For this, surveys with structured questions in the environmental dimension were applied. Quinoa production systems achieve an Environmental Indicator (EI) of 49.43 % or a low sustainability range. The variable with the highest contribution was the risk of erosion (51.28 %), followed by the management of biodiversity (48.68 %) and the conservation of soil life (48.32 %).
Volume
21
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Agricultura
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85091417430
Source
Ciencia Tecnologia Agropecuaria
ISSN of the container
01228706
Sponsor(s)
The authors want to thank the engineers Wilbert Villano Tarraga (FAO) and Raul Salvatierra (Leader in quinoa production - Manallasac), for their support during the fieldwork. Likewise, to the peer reviewers and editors of Revista CTA for their comments, as it helped improve this manuscript.
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