Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/45661 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Development Research Working Paper Series No. 07/2009
Publisher: 
Institute for Advanced Development Studies (INESAD), La Paz
Abstract: 
The main objective of this case study is to analyze the effect that a significant technological innovation in quinoa processing has had on the productivity of companies devoted to this activity and the impact of such an innovation on the growth and organization of the quinoa cluster in Bolivia, and its possible effects on the future. The study will explain how the boost engendered by technological innovation in quinoa processing has triggered a series of events that have allowed the establishment of an ambitious development program. The sector's main companies and producer associations are part of this program, which is called the Quinoa Alliance.” The program has become a unique opportunity for agro-industrial development in the Bolivian Altiplano, so far characterized by subsistence agriculture.
Subjects: 
Quinoa
saponin
unit operation
specific consumption
productivity
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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