International Quinoa Research Symposium 2013

International Quinoa Research Symposium 2013

August 12-14

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture in partnership with Washington State University are pleased to announce the upcoming International Quinoa Research Symposium. Researchers from around the world will be hosted by Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. The symposium will include hands-on demonstrations at area field trials, current research, and will coincide with the United Nations, International Year of the Quinoa (IYQ). The objective of the IYQ plan is to focus world's attention to the roles that quinoa's biodiversity and nutritional value play in providing food security and nutrition, in order to support the internationally agreed upon development goals of the eradication of poverty.

Keynote SpeakerDr. Sven-Erik Jacobsen University of Copenhagen

Featured Speaker Tania Santivanez United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

Featured Farmer John McCamant White Mountain Farms

More information in: https://www.etouches.com/ehome/quinoa/117552/

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Comment.

Well, it's great, in this week the quinoa community will attend the conferences in the IV Mundial Congress of quinoa and one month later some of the speakers will are in Washington, with similiar themes.
Good for the quinoa, good for the world.

R.Miranda