Top officials from the United Nations and the Andean community of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru today launched the 'International Year of Quinoa' to raise awareness of the nutritional, economic, environmental and cultural value of a food that has been traditionally cultivated for thousands of years.
"I hope this International Year will be a catalyst for learning about the potential of quinoa for food and nutrition security, for reducing poverty - especially among the world's small farmers - and for environmentally sustainable agriculture," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said at the launch at UN Headquarters.
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