Journal: Plants
Article Title: Development of Quinoa Value Chain to Improve Food and Nutritional Security in Rural Communities in Rehamna, Morocco: Lessons Learned and Perspectives
doi: 10.3390/plants10020301
Figure Lengend Snippet: Lessons learned from the quinoa value chain in Morocco.
Article Snippet: Seed pearling and saponin removal remains the most critical post-harvest operation as the final quinoa seed quality depends on this step. In most of the cases seed pearling is performed manually. which increase the cost without reaching the saponin content threshold (0.12%) recommended by the CODEX [ ]. , A pearling machine or sheller (described in the Harvest and Postharvest machines section) has been locally manufactured and preliminary results show good performance of the machine in removing saponin. Several shellers have been distributed to several farmer’s and women’s cooperatives..
Techniques: Produced, Generated, Labeling, Transformation Assay