The 2020 International Quinoa Research Symposium
“The objective of the Symposium is to focus world attention on the role that quinoa’s biodiversity, adaptability, and nutritional value plays in providing food security, seed sovereignty, sustainable production and wholistic use worldwide. ”
— KEVIN MURPHY, DIRECTOR
— KEVIN MURPHY, DIRECTOR
The symposium was hosted by the WSU Sustainable Seed Systems Lab in collaboration with the WSU Food Systems Program, the 2nd International Quinoa Research Symposium will bring together the global community of quinoa farmers, processors, handlers, marketers, and scientists. The objective of the Symposium is to focus world attention on the role that quinoa’s biodiversity, adaptability, and nutritional value plays in providing food security, seed sovereignty, sustainable production and wholistic use worldwide.
At the Online Symposium
- Farmers learned about quinoa production, connected with scale appropriate buyers, and learned strategies for increasing demands.
- Processors got an inside look into quinoa production, quality, and brokering relationships.
- Local government officials learned about on rising investment and policy opportunities.
- Scientists and researchers shared cutting-edge findings, identified gaps in knowledge, and established working relationships to advance quinoa research and development.
- Participants learned how to phenotype quinoa on our virtual workshop. Tune into Developing a Field & Post-harvest Phenotyping Pipeline. Hosted by Evan Craine.
- Discover how quinoa seed color, size, shape, and nutritional composition are measured by scanning, NIR, and EDXRF analysis.
- How analyzing whole seed can save time, money, and allow higher laboratory throughput.
- To create a standard for assessing phenotype characteristics to better predict its nutritional content and quality.