▁to ▁the ▁role ▁that ▁qu ino a ▁could ▁play ▁in ▁providing ▁food ▁security , ▁nut r ition ▁and ▁pover ty ▁er adic ation ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁ach ieving ▁Mill en ni um ▁Development ▁Go als . ▁Some ▁academic ▁comment ary ▁emphas ised , ▁however , ▁that ▁qu ino a ▁production ▁could ▁have ▁e colog ical ▁and ▁social ▁draw back s ▁in ▁its ▁native ▁regions , ▁and ▁that ▁these ▁problems ▁needed ▁to ▁be ▁tack led . ▁ ▁Kos her ▁cert ification ▁Qu ino a ▁is ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁Jewish ▁community ▁as ▁a ▁substitute ▁for ▁the ▁le aven ed ▁gra ins ▁that ▁are ▁forb idden ▁during ▁the ▁Pass over ▁hol iday . ▁Several ▁k os her ▁cert ification ▁organizations ▁refuse ▁to ▁cert ify ▁it ▁as ▁being ▁k os her ▁for ▁Pass over , ▁cit ing ▁reasons ▁including ▁its ▁res embl ance ▁to ▁prohib ited ▁gra ins ▁or ▁fear ▁of ▁cross - cont am ination ▁of ▁the ▁product ▁from ▁nearby ▁fields ▁of ▁prohib ited ▁gra in ▁or ▁during ▁pack aging . ▁ ▁However , ▁in ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁the ▁Orth odox ▁Union , ▁the ▁world ' s ▁largest ▁k os her ▁cert ification ▁ag ency , ▁announced ▁it ▁would ▁begin ▁cert ifying ▁qu ino a ▁as ▁k os her ▁for ▁Pass over . ▁ ▁History ▁▁ ▁Qu ino a ▁was ▁first ▁domestic ated ▁by ▁And e an ▁pe op les ▁around ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁ 4 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁ago . ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁an ▁important ▁st