Abstract Climate change is rapidly degrading the conditions of crop production. For instance, increasing salinization and aridity is forecasted to increase in most parts of the world. As a consequence, new stress-tolerant species and genotypes must be identified and used for future agriculture. Stress-tolerant species exist but are actually underutilized and neglected. Many stress-tolerant species are indeed traditional crops that are only cultivated by farmers at a local scale. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Didier_Bazile2/publication/258796109_Quinoa_biodiversity_and_sustainability_for_food_security_under_climate_change_A_review/links/02e7e529dd90cea805000000.pdf