- level ▁income , ▁they ▁switch ▁their ▁own ▁consumption ▁to ▁Western ▁processed ▁food s ▁which ▁are ▁often ▁less ▁health y ▁than ▁a ▁traditional , ▁qu ino a - based ▁di et , ▁whether ▁because ▁qu ino a ▁is ▁held ▁to ▁be ▁worth ▁too ▁much ▁to ▁keep ▁for ▁ones elf ▁and ▁one ' s ▁family , ▁or ▁because ▁processed ▁food s ▁have ▁higher ▁status ▁despite ▁their ▁poor er ▁nut r itional ▁value . ▁E ff ort s ▁are ▁being ▁made ▁in ▁some ▁areas ▁to ▁dist ribute ▁qu ino a ▁more ▁widely ▁and ▁ensure ▁that ▁far ming ▁and ▁poor er ▁populations ▁have ▁access ▁to ▁it ▁and ▁have ▁an ▁understanding ▁of ▁its ▁nut r itional ▁importance , ▁including ▁use ▁in ▁free ▁school ▁breakfast s ▁and ▁government ▁prov isions ▁distributed ▁to ▁pre gn ant ▁and ▁n urs ing ▁women ▁in ▁need . ▁ ▁In ▁terms ▁of ▁wider ▁social ▁consequences , ▁research ▁on ▁traditional ▁produ cers ▁in ▁Boliv ia ▁has ▁emphas ised ▁a ▁complex ▁picture . ▁The ▁degree ▁to ▁which ▁individual ▁produ cers ▁benefit ▁from ▁the ▁global ▁qu ino a ▁bo om ▁depends ▁on ▁its ▁mode ▁of ▁production , ▁for ▁example ▁through ▁producer ▁associations ▁and ▁co - oper atives ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁As ociación ▁Nacional ▁de ▁Product ores ▁de ▁Qu in ua ▁( f ounded ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ), ▁contract ing ▁through ▁vert ically - integr ated ▁private ▁fir ms , ▁or ▁w age ▁labour . ▁State ▁reg ulation ▁and ▁enfor cement ▁is ▁also ▁important . ▁It ▁has ▁promoted ▁a ▁shift ▁to ▁c