Heavy rains in the Bolivian department of Oruro in March significantly affected quinoa production.

"The rains were so intense and occurred in the municipality of Turco, thus affecting the production of quinoa by 20 percent, a thousand 420 hectares," told the elected council, Germán Bedoya Brand.

According to the official snowfall occurred in February also hurt the potato production in the municipalities of Turco, Curahuara Carangas, Corque, Andamarca and San Pedro de Totora, on an area of 765 thousand hectares.

However, Bedoya assured that many of these municipalities have their crops protected with the National Agricultural Insurance Institute (INSA).

According to the National Statistics Institute (INE) of Bolivia national exports in 2014 amounted to 196.64 million dollars, higher than a year earlier, when the amount was fixed at 153 260 000.

The data shown by the INE indicate that Bolivia is a major producer of quinoa in the world, ahead of Peru, which reached just over $ 187 million.

Source - http://www.plenglish.com/