Investigaciones sobre especies olvidadas y subutilizadas: granos andinos (quinua, cañahua/cañihua y amaranto/kiwicha): Resúmenes de trabajos de grado y tesis de maestría realizadas en Bolivia y Perú (2001-2010)

This book contains summarizes key findings of 30 research theses (BSc) done by Bolivian and Peruvian students, whose research was conducted in the framework of the IFAD NUS Project and in collaboration with the Universities of Oruro (UTO) and San Andres (UMSA) in Bolivia, and of the University of Puno (UNA) and the Instituto Nacional del Altiplano INIA (Puno and Cusco) in Peru. The research projects focused on various aspects limiting the cultivation, harvest/post harvest, value addition, nutrition, marketing and final use of quinoa, cañihua and amaranth. This publication is useful for workers engaged in promoting Andean Grains in Bolivia, Peru and other countries of Latin America where these crops are being rescued from their state of marginalization, as strategic allies to fight poverty and nutrition insecurity (in Spanish with English abstracts)