The Bolivian proposal was supported by a steering committee from Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, France and Peru: United Nations declares 2013 the International Year of Quinoa The General Assembly of the United Nations, during its 91st session, declared the year 2013 as the International Year of Quinoa (IYQ).

Quinoa, the “Golden Grain”, coveted by the world and exciting to Bolivia Small snowflakes are diluted in the trenches of a newly opened land, previously parched and thirsty. Miguel Choque exhales the damp and cold air of the Bolivian highlands, smiles, and says that the snow is a good omen for planting quinoa.