The recent attention to quinoa as a nutritious food is changing the way the crop is produced and consumed by smallholders in the Andes. Price spikes and increased volatility in international quinoa prices have created a concern about quinoa consumption among Andean farm-households. The farm-household theory was used to investigate how food price changes affect household consumption and production decisions. Theoretical predictions were applied to original survey data from a quinoa-producing region of Peru. Findings suggest that the global quinoa hype and consequent price spikes did not adversely affect the consumption of this nutritious food among quinoa producers.

The recent attention to quinoa as a nutritious food is changing the way the crop is produced and consumed by smallholders in the Andes. Price spikes and increased volatility in international quinoa prices have created a concern about quinoa consumption among Andean farm-households. The farm-household theory was used to investigate how food price changes affect household consumption and production decisions. Theoretical predictions were applied to original survey data from a quinoa-producing region of Peru. Findings suggest that the global quinoa hype and consequent price spikes did not adversely affect the consumption of this nutritious food among quinoa producers.

El objetivo de estudio fue verificar las interrelaciones existentes entre los abastecedores de insumos, productores e intermediarios en el comercio de la leche para determinar tanto la red de comercialización como la rentabilidad asociada a cada actor de la cadena de la leche en el Valle del Mantaro, provincia de Concepción - Junín. El trabajo se ejecutó durante el periodo de seca (2011) y se recopiló la información mediante encuestas a 146 productores, 6 acopiadores rurales, 20 procesadores y se efectuaron 3 talleres participativos. Los resultados mostraron que el pequeño productor posee bajo nivel tecnológico dado la deficiente articulación en la provisión de bienes productivos y servicios técnicos, que repercuten en rendimientos inferiores al promedio y alto costo de producción unitario en relación al precio percibido por el bien. Además están inmersos en complejos cana...