Can quinoa be promoted to the "fourth staple food" by relying on multiple advantages

Guaranteeing food security and ecological security is a major overall strategy related to national security and social stability.

High economic benefits of planting

Price advantage to create international competitiveness

According to reports, China's current crops suitable for dry farming are mainly oats, with an average yield of less than 200 catties per mu and a price of less than 2 yuan per catty

Zhang Hui, a professor at Shandong Normal University and a visiting professor at the Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that quinoa has high protein content and is a natural halophyte.

Ren Guixing, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and president of the Quinoa Branch of the Chinese Crop Society, pointed out that the quinoa industry has just started in China, and now there are about 300,000 mu of quinoa grown nationwide, mainly in Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Hebei, Qinghai, Shanxi, Yunnan, and Xinjiang.

Qu Cangbing, president of Zhongli (Shandong) Industry Development Co.

There are shortages on both sides of supply and demand

The construction of industrial chain needs to be improved urgently

Xia Xiangfeng said that quinoa has been planted in Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Shandong and other places in recent years.

Ren Guixing pointed out that at present, the construction of the quinoa industry chain is not perfect, and there is no leading enterprise to drive it.

In this regard, Xia Xiangfeng said that there are indeed various challenges in the development of China's quinoa industry.

Xia Xiangfeng believes that in terms of planting technology, the main reason is that farmers lack planting experience.

　　(Ma Yonggang)

"China Food News" (December 29, 2021 02 edition)

　　(Editor-in-charge: Han Songyan)