* Quinoa is an invaluable crop, highlighted by the FAO as one of the world's main crops for future food security * Timely publication - The year 2013 has been declared "The International Year of the Quinoa" (IYQ), recognizing the Andean indigenous peoples, who have maintained, controlled, protected and preserved quinoa as food for present and future generations thanks to their traditional knowledge and practices of living well in harmony with mother earth and nature. * Covers the history, phylogeny and systematics, botany and agrotechnology

The first comprehensive review of one of the world's most important crops for future food security.

About the Author
Atul Bhargava is senior lecturer at Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, India Shilpi Srivastava is lecturer at Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, India


Book Information
ISBN 9781780642260
Author Atul Bhargava
Format Hardback
Page Count 264
Imprint CABI Publishing
Publisher CABI Publishing
Weight(grams) 740g
Dimensions(mm) 244mm * 172mm * 19mm