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Assembly Launches International Year of Quinoa
The General Assembly held a High-Level Panel discussion at the launch of the International Year of Quinoa. The Year (2013) is intended to spread knowledge and understanding about quinoa, a hardy crop with high nutritional value, and to recognize its importance to food security and poverty alleviation.
David Choquehuanca Céspedes (right), Minister for foreign Affairs of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, was among the speakers. Also pictured (from left): Nadine Heredia Alarcón de Humala, First Lady of Peru; José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).
David Choquehuanca Céspedes (right), Minister for foreign Affairs of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, was among the speakers. Also pictured (from left): Nadine Heredia Alarcón de Humala, First Lady of Peru; José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).
20 February 2013
United Nations, New York
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