ANAPQUI or the Asociacion Nacional de Productores de Quinua was formed in 1983 as an association of small farmers organized to sell and market quinoa collectively. The group's stated mission is to improve the living standard of quinoa producers of the Bolivian Highlands. The cooperative's producers live mainly around Potosi, Oruro and La Paz in higher altitude areas where quinoa is cultivated. The group focuses on promoting traditional techniques and technologies throughout the entire quinoa production chain in order to empower farmers to sustain the environment and to grow high-quality quinoa for international markets. The cooperative places a priority on reversing the negative ecological impacts of agricultural production. ANAPQUI's leadership has developed and implemented a plan to prevent soil erosion, promote soil productivity and recuperate natural vegetation that has been depleted over the years.

The cooperative is made up of eight regional associations with over 1,100 individual members. The farmers of ANAPQUI belong to two different group indigenous to Bolivia: the Aymara and the Quechua people. The group became Fair Trade Certified in 2001 and organic certified in 1998.

Through Fair Trade, ANAPQUI has experienced considerable export growth. Due to increased trade, Fair Trade farmers are seeing larger incomes and therefore have been able to improve their quality of life. Cooperative members cite better housing, clothing, more education for their children, greater access to health services and the ability to reinvest additional incomes into their farms and acquiring transport vehicles as some of the many ways in which Fair Trade has helped them.

In addition, Fair Trade quinoa production has provided an additional 2,675 jobs for Bolivians - not including the farmers and their families. Not only are farmers benefiting from the robust quinoa market, but other rural families who may not have land of their own are able to get jobs and support heir families through Fair Trade quinoa production.

ANAPQUI produces three main varieties of quinoa: Blanca Real, Rosada and Pisankalla. Together the farmers of the cooperative produce over 3,640 metric tons of quinoa.

Fair Trade has enabled ANAPQUI to implement programs to increase their product quality and productive capacity. The ANAPQUI general assembly (or representative body that manages Fair Trade premium use) voted to allocate $10,700 towards a Technical Assistance program for members of the cooperative. The program trains farmers in agricultural techniques that will help them increase their efficiency and productivity.