La cañahua (Chenopodiun pallidicaule), es un cultivo originario de los Andes altos de América del Sur. Bolivia y Perú son los principales países productores de este grano andino, cuyas características alimenticias son destacables, por ejemplo, se registran contenidos de proteína que van desde los 17 a 19%, se cuenta con una amplia variabilidad genética que le confiere al cultivo grandes posibilidades de usos culinarios e industriales.
This Resource Manual on IPPM ALS in Vegetables is a compilation of various documents on the production of commonly grown vegetable crops. This was developed basically for the facilitators and learners of the Children’s Participation in Integrated Production and Pest Management (CP IPPM) Program and the Integrated Production and Pest Management for the Alternative Learning System (IPPMALS) Program. The objective of this resource manual is to provide them a ready reference to complement the learning process in discovery-based IPPM ALS Session Guides that trainers will use in conducting FFS.