@article{fdi:010064296, title = {{C}alling for a reappraisal of the impact of quinoa expansion on agricultural sustainability in the {A}ndean highlands}, author = {{W}inkel, {T}hierry and {A}lvarez-{F}lores, {R}. and {B}ertero, {D}. and {C}ruz, {P}. and {D}el {C}astillo, {C}. and {J}offre, {R}. and {P}eredo {P}arada, {S}. and {S}áez {T}onacca, {L}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}he debate on the environmental and social sustentainability of quinoa in its area of major world production (southern highlands of {B}olivia) revived with the acceptance by the {U}nited {N}ations of the {B}olivian proposal to declare in 2013 as the {Y}ear of the {Q}uinoa. {P}ublic debate focused on local impacts of quinoa expansion in the {S}outhern highlands of {B}olivia, denouncing several negative impacts of quinoa culture such as land degradation, socioeconomic disrupts and biodiversity loss. {H}owever, the global or at least the international implications of the expanding quinoa market were less debated and often in caricature, varying between culpability and ingenuity among consumers, while {A}ndean producers were described as trapped by poverty or short sighted greed. {I}f researchers are to make a relevant contribution to the debate on the impact of quinoa expansion on the social and environmental sustainability of the {A}ndean agriculture, is it necessary to re-evaluate present knowledge and ignorance about local {A}ndean production systems integrated with links at the global scales, taking into account local- global interactions. {I}n the present paper are revisited some major ill- founded assertions commonly expressed in this debate and three lines of arguments are used to support the need for a more cautious and ethical approach to quinoa related issues.}, keywords = {{ENVIRONNEMENT} ; {GESTION} {DE} {L}'{ENVIRONNEMENT} ; {SYSTEME} {D}'{EXPLOITATION} {AGRICOLE} ; {COOPERATIVE} {AGRICOLE} ; {ETHIQUE} ; {PRODUCTION} {AGRICOLE} ; {AGRICULTURE} {TRADITIONNELLE} ; {BIODIVERSITE} ; {QUINOA} ; {AGROBIODIVERSITE} ; {BOLIVIE} ; {ANDES}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{I}desia}, volume = {32}, numero = {4}, pages = {95--100}, year = {2014}, DOI = {10.4067/{S}0718-34292014000400012}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064296}, }