Sexing Quinoa Moths

I had no idea the effort that people like Reinaldo Quispe of PROINPA make to ensure that our Quinoa is organic. His job as an entomologist is to find an organic solution to the quinoa moth,  which will eat most of the local crop if it could. 
The solution is to isolate several virgin female moths and remove their genitalia. These are then sent to Holland, where pheromones are produced to put into traps to attract the males and kill them before they breed. First he has to breed the moths, which takes several months, then sex them before they have a chance to breed. Next he must remove their genitalia - can you image how difficult that is! When he gets the pheromones from Holland they have to be tested for several years to choose the one that is most effective. The testing takes several years. Next time you eat organic quinoa, please thank Reinaldo and the scientists like him for the incredible work they do.