Resumen

MAMANI, E; CHOQUE, E; TANGARA, E  y  POLAR, V. Short cycle varieties of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd) as an adaptation measure rain delay in planting. CienciAgro [online]. 2017, vol.7, n.1, pp. 1-8. ISSN 2072-1404.

Abstract Climate change affects all farmers in the warld, and one of the challenges is to adapt to the conditions ne\w. In the arid region of Bolivia, the small farmers adapt to seek changes in rainfall distribution, which makes it impossible quinoa plantingtimes: usual by the presence of drought. The study itself development on farms farmers Pacajes province, the Central Altiplano of Bolivia. Between producers and researchers it has experienced the introduction of new varieties of quinoa diversity, looking for appropriate genetic materials to change. The result m of farmer experimentation reveáis that short -cycle varieties, high productivity and largerchildofanalternativeadaptation short periodsof delay therains. The shortcyclevarietiesofagr ¡cultural biodiversity constitute an alternative for adaptation to variability of rains effect of climate change.

Palabras llave : farmer investigation; arid; Bolivia.