El presunto desastre ambiental y social de la quinua real: desarmar los clichés para reforzar la ética¹
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Tinkazos
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El auge de la quinua genera un vivo debate sobre sus impactos sociales y ecológicos en el altiplano sur de Bolivia, primer exportador mundial. Un análisis interdisciplinario permite poner en perspectiva los cambios ocurridos desde hace más de 40 años. Sin negar la necesidad de un apoyo a las dinámicas agrarias locales en torno a la quinua, se contestan aquellas afirmaciones que aseguran la insustentabilidad de la producción en el sur de Bolivia.
The quinoa boom has provoked a lively debate about its social and ecological impacts in the southern Bolivian highlands, the world's leading export zone. An interdisciplinary analysis puts in perspective those changes seen in the last 40 years. While acknowledging the need for further support to local agrarian dynamics around quinoa production, we challenge affirmations about its unsustainability in southern Bolivia.
The quinoa boom has provoked a lively debate about its social and ecological impacts in the southern Bolivian highlands, the world's leading export zone. An interdisciplinary analysis puts in perspective those changes seen in the last 40 years. While acknowledging the need for further support to local agrarian dynamics around quinoa production, we challenge affirmations about its unsustainability in southern Bolivia.
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Vol. 18, No. 38