Quinoa : Chenopodium Quinoa Willd
Contents: Preface.1. Food and nutritional security – a major challenge. 2. The quinoa – a healthy food of future. 3. Origin, history and distribution. 4. Botanical description. 5. Genetic diversity, species and varieties of quinoa. 6. Primary metabolites and nutritional values. 7. Secondary metabolites and therapeutic values. 8. Ecological requirements. 9. Scientific practices of cultivation.10. Seed production techniques.11. Fertilizer management. 12. Heavy metals – contamination and quality deterioration of quinoa produce.13. Technologies for organic quinoa production. 14. Insect-pests and their control measures. 15. Diseases and their control measures.16. Post-harvest handling, processing and storage. 17. Uses of quinoa and its value added products.18. Research and breeding on quinoa.19. Role of IMPMF and other agencies in quinoa development in India. 20. Brief about super food grains other than quinoa. Glossary. Bibliography. Appendix.
Quinoa has gained recognition world over as one of the most Functional foods for healthy human life. It provides most of the essential nutrients, gluten free protein, vitamins and minerals and considered as an excellent alternative food crop for India. It is an extra-ordinarily adaptable crop to different agro-ecological zones, highly suited to climate change, harsh environment and limited availability of resources. Currently, quinoa is in a process of expansion in non-domesticated countries and its cultivation is spreading rapidly due to its very high demand throughout the world.
The subject matter is presented in this book in a comprehensive and lucid style and intended to provide scientific, authentic and very useful information on various aspects of quinoa development in India and abroad. Moreover, comparative nutritive values, role of vitamins, minerals and fatty acids in human body, manufacturers and suppliers of value-added products, role of different agencies in quinoa development in India and model project reports appended add the value. Thus, this book has enormous scope and opportunities to boost quinoa production, address food and health security problems, uplift Farm-output, promote food industries and generate employment and intended to assist Agri-business Planners, Policy makers, Researchers, industrialists, teachers, students and farmers world over who are interested in quinoa-based enterprises for their livelihood.
