Quinoa Production

Quinoa Production http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1.html Photo credits: Satellite Pictures: NASA, Google Earth BYU: Mark Philbrick, Brigham Young University EB: Eric Bauer, one of the top Bolivian photographers BM: Brian Milder, EcoLogic Finance The pictures that are not marked were collected from a study done by the French Development Research Institute (IRD- link below). Note that the fields that are prepared in August-September prior to the rainy season remain fallow that year. They are fertilized and upturned this allows for the land to absorb moisture and nutrients prior to the next year’s planting. Most quinoa fields are on a 3 year rotation schedule. Satellite view of the Royal Quinoa production area http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1.html#0 09d9e8a3-8e8e-4472-a905-e9c210a8fe6d http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage/thumb.jpg http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Satellite view of the Royal Quinoa production area</p></div></div> Satellite view of the salt lake of Uyuni- Google http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1.html#1 543b7812-a900-4a9f-b7c1-d02ff88e832c http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_1/thumb.jpg http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_1/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Satellite view of the salt lake of Uyuni- Google</p></div></div> Farmers showing different seed samples http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1.html#2 d77394c3-b26c-4783-8e50-46ce6fd9b7ae http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_2/thumb.jpg http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_2/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Farmers showing different seed samples</p></div></div> All are considered Royal Quinoa http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1.html#3 6b0b0943-abde-455f-961f-b5f74959db32 http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_3/thumb.jpg http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_3/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">All are considered Royal Quinoa</p></div></div> Farmers homes http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1.html#4 8e60f30c-8904-4bf6-841e-861744b8d865 http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_4/thumb.jpg http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_4/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Farmers homes</p></div></div> August- Fertilization of field with llama dung http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1.html#5 d147c898-7fb8-4336-b19d-de8c24a3327c http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_5/thumb.jpg http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_5/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">August- Fertilization of field with llama dung </p></div></div> September: upturned earth traps moisture http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1.html#6 1e33e897-148e-4223-bbfa-e8c1c1edcce8 http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_6/thumb.jpg http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_6/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">September: upturned earth traps moisture <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">  </p></div></div> Planting in September-October http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1.html#7 477cc6a0-a2d9-4670-803b-0375777f4c6c http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_7/thumb.jpg http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_7/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Planting in September-October </p></div></div> Dropping seeds in soil that retained moisture http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1.html#8 0f31d9ae-5c89-4ac7-8ee2-7421868f5857 http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_8/thumb.jpg http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_8/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Dropping seeds in soil that retained moisture </p></div></div> November- Sprouts break through http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1.html#9 ae19238c-2036-4bd4-8d9f-516ad2242b75 http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_9/thumb.jpg http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_9/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">November- Sprouts break through</p></div></div> Protection against frost http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1.html#10 e416b964-43aa-4628-a850-02118cfea861 http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_10/thumb.jpg http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_10/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Protection against frost</p></div></div> and against wind http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1.html#11 193e1f93-6db7-468a-88a7-139b2a9ad809 http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_11/thumb.jpg http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_11/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and against wind</p></div></div> wild vicuñas roam the fields (EB) http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1.html#12 5168b48c-9be1-40fa-9fe5-ea7de009fa8b http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_12/thumb.jpg http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_12/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">wild vicuñas roam the fields (EB)</p></div></div> March http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1.html#13 9912ba34-b5b8-47b0-8749-a7a998841ee7 http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_13/thumb.jpg http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_13/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">March</p></div></div> More color in April (EB) http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1.html#14 d06d4302-5449-4cd3-9b43-5e307ad96f42 http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_14/thumb.jpg http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_14/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">More color in April (EB)</p></div></div> Pests attack http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1.html#15 c4173525-d351-456d-a2f8-b4914b74ffbc http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_15/thumb.jpg http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_15/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; 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" class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">view from the fields</p></div></div> harvest in May http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1.html#20 5abc9656-97a5-4bb0-b7b7-722fc3dcad84 http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_20/thumb.jpg http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_20/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">harvest in May</p></div></div> Drying in May (EB) http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1.html#21 20dd71d6-9825-4ba1-aeaa-1ff713e7d654 http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_21/thumb.jpg http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_21/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Drying in May (EB)</p></div></div> Threshing with tractors http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1.html#22 85d00ed1-5c28-44c0-95dd-1e3cd9fc8b54 http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_22/thumb.jpg http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_22/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Threshing with tractors</p></div></div> Threshing http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1.html#23 a6473211-23c8-4528-958f-27867c47feca http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_23/thumb.jpg http://www.andeannaturals.com/AN/Quinoa_Album1_files/Media/droppedImage_23/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; 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