Organic quinoa is been cultivated in Pakistan from about 400 years. It was brought in Indian subcontinent by the English and Portugal invaders. Although, in past there was not much trend for Quinoa. It was cultivated moderately and upon requests.
As the modern research is bring new outcomes about quinoa, more and more people are getting used to it. In Pakistan it is being cultivated in southern Punjab, Okara as well as Narowal.
NASA researchers have been evaluating quinoa as an appropriate harvest to be developed in space, for the most part because of its high supplement content, convenience, and simplicity of growing .
The year 2013 was really named "The International Year of Quinoa" by the United Nations as a result of the plant's high dietary benefit and potential to add to food security all around the globe.