Maca Plant Pirates in Peru (HBO)

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7 жыл бұрын

A root called maca, said to boost sexual stamina, became a national craze in China in 2013. Farmers in Peru, where maca is grown, made huge sums of money for a few seasons, until one day the Chinese buyers disappeared.
Instead of buying from Peru, they were growing the root at home. But now Peru’s government is trying to stop them, using an obscure new law to catch the companies it says are committing acts of “biopiracy."
When fresh, maca looks like a small white, pink, or black turnip. True enthusiasts consume it in almost every way imaginable, but most people are familiar with it as a powdered supplement that supposedly improves fertility, energy, and sexual performance. Endemic to Peru’s highland region of Junín, it grows above 13,000 feet, and is one of very few plants that can thrive in such harsh, high-altitude conditions. Still, it was almost extinct until the '80s, when Quimica Suiza, a pharmaceutical company, and Peruvian universities began researching it for a range of medicinal uses.
The Chinese market took off three decades later. Between 2013 and 2014, China - seized with maca fever - saw demand increase by 1,100 percent. Farmers in Peru started getting offers from buyers at five or 10 times their normal prices.
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@sungtaekchung77 3 жыл бұрын

the chinese maca isn't as effective as peruvian maca, anyways.

@eeterp32 7 жыл бұрын

You shouldn't be able to patent non-GMO food crops. That's how you create a famine.

@nomada1468 7 жыл бұрын

Pennywise Well china patented Pandas Every panda you see in the zoo is chinese property n China gets money for it

@willg5368 7 жыл бұрын

Pennywise watch the video at 4:00

@zacharyturnbull9168 5 жыл бұрын

You shouldn't be able to patent genetics

@andresgrayston4374 4 жыл бұрын

Yes sir

@charlescarabott7692 Жыл бұрын

@@nomada1468 populations don't eat pandas.

@setmymindinmotion 9 ай бұрын

As someone of Peruvian heritage I'd always buy maca from Peru along with textiles and other things. We who love Peru need to support Peru by buying Peruvian products.

@vanessahaley7590 3 жыл бұрын

Love this video, thank you

@patrickflynn1013 5 жыл бұрын

The guy is like: "we made a ministry in charge of this problem." Journalist: "Have you had any success with your process?" Aparatchik: "No señor."

@disarmsox 7 жыл бұрын

Similar situation with Machu Picchu and the mining industry in Peru, foreign involvement means less money and less benefit for the local people.

@CelineAdobea 3 жыл бұрын

woow thank you for sharing! there is so much to this!

@RickSanchezC1980 3 жыл бұрын

No one should be surprised that the Chinese did this , that’s why consumers should read labels and make sure that the maca they are buying is from Peru.

@ewchi-m4n012 Жыл бұрын

Maca is incredible, i take maca as well as natural medicine fron asia. And both are amazing, my health had improved a lot!

@emerickdeneb9621 7 жыл бұрын

They did the same in Mexico with several medicinal plants... There runs the rumor of "Tequila" made in china...

@tenzinrangdol8264 7 жыл бұрын

where can I find full video.. please send link

@SP4RT4N0MEG4 7 жыл бұрын

Tenzin Rangdol Having an HBO subscription

@tenzinrangdol8264 7 жыл бұрын

there are many vice video I want to watch but I see all of them short.. I want a channel where you can provide full vice documentary please...

@MatthewFrazierr 7 жыл бұрын

Tenzin Rangdol hbo

@Kas-yw5fe 7 жыл бұрын

Nice content

@DeeBee2013 6 жыл бұрын

Feel sorry for the Farmers in Peru but Plants belong to the whole world. If people in other countries want to grow a plant to help their people good luck to them. We've all got to share this planet's resources. And what if there was some disease that wiped out all the Maca in Peru the same way Potatoes were wiped out in Ireland many years ago? At least there would be backup's of Maca in other countries.

@user-nf5px7vg6w 5 жыл бұрын

I mean I dunno but can quinoa grow on any sea level?

@crosslink1493 2 жыл бұрын

Ironically, potatoes are from the Andes regions, too, and not native to Ireland. A few varieties were brought back to Europe by explorers and were seen as a staple crop for the 'underclasses', and those were vulnerable to the algae-like organism that caused the potatoe famine.

@thepatrusnostor5794 Жыл бұрын

Las papas también son peruana

@aswadshaikh1556 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video

@rorylennox1615 7 жыл бұрын

they bought the seeds, and are now growing their own plants..... what else do you do with seeds XD shouldve seen that coming haha

@doublepisces 3 жыл бұрын

It is illegal to take Maca in any form or shape out of Peru. They basically stole it! That’s what China do!

@Lalalalalelo 3 жыл бұрын

@@doublepisces well then..now how

@ronaldoEscalanteCruz 3 жыл бұрын

@@doublepisces it’s what the plant wants. It’s what the maca gods want. Maca

@doublepisces 3 жыл бұрын

@@ronaldoEscalanteCruz Whatever the fu*k this should mean

@mariep.cichon8006 3 жыл бұрын

Its wrongly translated.

@kileen.4584 3 жыл бұрын

Does anyone have any websites where I can buy maca straight from Peru?

@BLUELOCK_1999 2 жыл бұрын

Amazon

@JB-ro7kq Жыл бұрын

The Maca Team

@foxxy2017 4 жыл бұрын

How do we buy from them

@elisabettaepiney9896 7 жыл бұрын

Damn chinos pirate everything !

@jeganka 3 жыл бұрын

🙃

@ab85main73 2 жыл бұрын

@Luke Monsensey all of the product comes from China. There’s no sweatshops in Brooklyn, sorry.

@ab85main73 2 жыл бұрын

@Luke Monsensey once was enough. “Blacks” don’t “pirate” sneakers, sneakers are made in sweatshops in across Asia.

@820xiaobao 6 жыл бұрын

I noticed U.S.A didn't sign this protocol. Face-slap to those who try to claim it's illegal

@king-oreos4003 7 жыл бұрын

Whys the point of writing a anti Islam comments that on a video about Peruvian farmers sounds like a waste of time but I guess when you don't have a life it doesn't matter

@Tearakan 7 жыл бұрын

king oreos it's just a bot and groups of bots at this point.

@7563able 7 жыл бұрын

JCI1990 Why so angry friend?

@uhurus2 7 жыл бұрын

they're trump supporters and thats all they know

@rippingjeans7232 3 жыл бұрын

Yunnan maca doesnt compare to actual Peruvian maca. The situation will sort itself out

@ryanjofre 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, look at the Altitude and temp the Peruvian Maca is grown at.

@ezewong290 3 жыл бұрын

There's a win win here. Some people don't care where the maca comes from. Buy it from the Chinese. Some of us want real Peruvian maca at a premium. This is already the case with Truffles. Chinese Truffles suck so bad, to the real thing. Some people don't care, others do, tailor it to target market and it's a win win for all parties.

@charlescarabott7692 Жыл бұрын

Exactly the Peruvians should improve their marketing not try to ban other countries from growing maca

@exactinmidget92 7 жыл бұрын

so if i understand this right. i can't legally grow Maca in my backyard?

@djalpacalypse3841 2 жыл бұрын

You can, you just can't profit off of it. But I'm sure there's a $$$ amount.

@Citysalive 6 жыл бұрын

So if I wanted to buy some maca directly from them how can I 🤔

@CelineAdobea 3 жыл бұрын

a great question!! would've been really good if the added that info. with the video

@leeoconnor123 3 жыл бұрын

@@CelineAdobea i don't know if this research is correct, but i was wondering the same thing, i found this peruvian company, ecoandino.com/products/maca/ i can't see how to buy the powder etc..so i messaged them on facebook, it seems one of the better places to buy but i don't know if they ship internationally and what the import charges would be.

@Yoitzmeful 7 жыл бұрын

3:09

@TheMrIVXX 7 жыл бұрын

if the Chinese can void international law by exporting seeds for crops, what keeps them from growing coca plants or poppies...aside from them already growing poppies.

@nepalihercules 7 жыл бұрын

nothing, they can grow what they want. the reason why they haven't is because of climate. it only grows in hot areas with plenty of rainfall.

@charlescarabott7692 Жыл бұрын

The Chinese and everyone else can plant anything they want. Trying to keep seeds from being planted outside the country of origin e is not only impossible to enforce but is bad and flawed and should not be allowed

@JuanCastro-ox1br 7 жыл бұрын

he's the man in charge, getting paid to let work go in and out. They said he's the only one who does that type of work!

@_A_D_ 7 жыл бұрын

Planting seeds violates "international protocol"? Give me a friggin' break. The Peruvians just need to market their product better. "High Altitude Peruvian Maca".

@user-nf5px7vg6w 5 жыл бұрын

Man you didnt even watch the video. Just shows what side you favor.

@jalepezo 7 жыл бұрын

Biopiracy is nothing new, the pharmautical industry has scouted from medicine in the rain forests since the 50's. However, local knowledge is not valued and seldom acknowledged.

@jose280714 7 жыл бұрын

Gonzalo Ale USA imports coca leaves to make drugs research!!!!

@aquaticspasticp5024 6 жыл бұрын

the 50's lol try late 1800's and start with a family name such as rockerfella, you'd shit your britches with the info you find.

@kenshinhimura3003 7 жыл бұрын

why it is illegal to plant? To sell the seeds it wasn't illegal?

@neomeg2232 5 жыл бұрын

Funny how this video is in Peru, the country that us murcans stripped of relics to stockpile in museums...

@tonymalony4382 6 жыл бұрын

Aren't potatoes origanlly from S.America too?

@wndservicesllc9769 4 жыл бұрын

Tony Macaroni, yes from Peru and also corn

@anonymousguy7723 7 жыл бұрын

We did the same thing to the Chinese when we stole their silk producing silkworms.... And started our own silk industry....!!!!!

@MrGleboPedo 7 жыл бұрын

same with paper, gunpowder, porcelain, etc.

@1StepForwardToday 7 жыл бұрын

To be fair, can you really "steal" worms?

@Esther-oz4ts 7 жыл бұрын

Kibbie Lou That's a fair question but in this case, that's literally how it happened. China managed to keep a monopoly silk production for long time until silkworm eggs were smuggled out of the country.

@jackschmit4696 7 жыл бұрын

Maybe you should have stopped the Chinese from taking the seeds across the boarder in the 1st place.

@maloxi1472 2 жыл бұрын

You mean "buying the seeds"

@michaelsherman3472 7 жыл бұрын

if the loss of Chinese trade is so bad, how did they get by before it?

@lokalkakan 7 жыл бұрын

What if Europe was unable to use potatoes because South America thought it was their intellectual property.

@HULKBIGHEAD 7 жыл бұрын

It works

@thirumeniparthiban6261 2 жыл бұрын

What nonsense is this nature is common for all. they are not stealing, they farm their own.

@jlnlacayo Жыл бұрын

Maca should be protected by the Peru government.

@spootnik00 2 жыл бұрын

I support Maca from Peru mine are from Junin

@shilohbrutalis582 Жыл бұрын

1:50 that Peruvian Flake game just ain't what it used to be...

@jameskielkopf2820 3 ай бұрын

There are no viable patents on planting maca. A patent, a best, only lasts 12 years, so by this point literally anyone can try planting it anywhere if you can find seed material, like seeds or roots, to plant somewhere.

@aryanblood653 3 жыл бұрын

I buy seeds of maca I'm growing in Canada this year

@jose280714 7 жыл бұрын

china culture is full of believes of this kind through history emperor research through time thousands of different plants, gingseng, ashwanda, etc.. but this is custom in the whole world Europe rhodiola, etc, etc...

@Nicholas.Tsagkos Жыл бұрын

Wait a minute, plants are free to grow wherever they want, right? I mean, no country can own a plant, for example Greece cannot forbid other countries to grow olive trees.

@nky88nscfl 2 жыл бұрын

DORA, WHERE IS THE MACA!!!?

@kenshinhimura3003 7 жыл бұрын

Why did they sell the seeds if it is illegal anyways?

@dertythegrower 7 жыл бұрын

Short sighted thinkers and greedy witless Peruvians trying to take patents on something they simply found in land they wandered upon a few years back. Anyone who sides with the Peruvians here are either peruvian, stupid, or both.

@kenshinhimura3003 7 жыл бұрын

if they want to patent the Maca, then the rest of the world could say patent the rice, the other fruits, the vegetables 😲. that is absurd, it is a plant, they did not create maca, it is natural

@martijn2246 2 жыл бұрын

I think growing plants like that in other regions is a good idea. I mean I like maca for it's health benefits but it would be transported half across the world. But when It would be grown in europe it Takes away a lot of transport costs and emmisions with it.

@DrCorvid 10 ай бұрын

a 15 minute city might suit ;)

@jettbezos8074 7 жыл бұрын

vice is slowly losing its sparkle

@samarnon 2 жыл бұрын

Bring them in the philippines, it’s expensive I am a user of maca powder and it’s proven for regulating menstruation and hormones

@nhanprogaming9987 7 жыл бұрын

china did this to viet nam all the time

@TankNSSpank 7 жыл бұрын

you patent the right to farm a plant? that's smart. I want to file a patent to grow corn. Can i do that.

@fathead8933 7 жыл бұрын

Will Sirius I want to patent tobacco.

@FirstLast-wl7bs 7 жыл бұрын

Will Sirius don't tell us! run to the patent office and do it rn!

@willg5368 7 жыл бұрын

Will Sirius 4:00

@gezzapk 3 жыл бұрын

You will have to ask Monsanto

@AndresArizmendi 7 жыл бұрын

So now you have to pay royalties for growing crops that are not native to your country? Cmon...

@soniasohi5013 7 жыл бұрын

If the plant is healing, why be so selfish to control the sales of it.

@Breadznbutter 7 жыл бұрын

SONIA SOHI because that's how business works make as much money as possible

@masih9595 7 жыл бұрын

SONIA SOHI capitalism bruh

@themiddleman5886 7 жыл бұрын

Masih Zuidholland You do realize free-market capitalism wouldn't favor protectionism for anything whatsoever.

@Ric419 7 жыл бұрын

SONIA SOHI If China was so concerned about healing, than it shouldn't be the monster it isband selling it outside of it's nation. It should just sell it domestically, believe it or not, China is not the only nation where people need to eat and survive. Look at the video, these people only have that to make a living. Manipulating them and people jeopardizing their survival is serious, and patents on unique plants are absolutly necessary

@mintmint1839 5 жыл бұрын

适者生存，这是你们老祖宗达尔文说的

@cobdenbastiat3814 6 жыл бұрын

oh noes... it turns out we in Europe owe a shit-ton of back royalties on potatoes, maize, tomatoes, and bell peppers...

@charlescarabott7692 Жыл бұрын

And tea royalties to China since the tea plants seeds where purposely stolen by the British from china by a British government agent and planted in India and Sri Lanka (Ceylon) for commercial use

@abrahamsmith7336 4 жыл бұрын

What else hasn’t these people stolen I seen them frying ripe plantain also but it doesn’t taste the same as when we do it because we don’t deep fry when you deep fry its too much oily cant digest it

@charlescarabott7692 Жыл бұрын

Plant seeds originating from other countries and commercializing them is not stealing. The tea plant was stolen from the Chinese by the British and they planted in India which was a British colony at the time. Now China is doing the same with the maca. And probably it's being grown elsewhere too

@themiddleman5886 7 жыл бұрын

Um, it isn't Halloween yet. Why won't that lady take off her costume already?

@jacobelliott3953 7 жыл бұрын

Pretty simple actually. Make a pact with the local growers, make it very hard to find seeds on the streets or turn the seeds into oil products to get rid of the seeds. Introduce a pathogon to destroy ''Maca" in china and dont sell for a few years and prices would go out the roof

@charlescarabott7692 Жыл бұрын

I think it would be much simpler if the Peruvians did some good marketing and sold their product at cometitve price. And introducing a pathogen that kills the maca made in china lol. What will stop the Chinese from paying someone to drop the pathogen in Peru as revenge? Such looney ideas always end up badly for the originator too

@Kid_Ikaris 8 ай бұрын

lol I had to stop taking Maca because it made me want to fight people.

@cronosx6174 5 жыл бұрын

I bought maca root from a Chinese herb store. So, I like the idea that China and many other countries are growing maca. There's no way that only Peru could supply such a high demand from the whole world. Also, Peru would try to sell the maca root as though it was gold; with high demand and low supply. Multiple countries producing maca should bring the price down, and is more affordable for the general public.

@charlescarabott7692 Жыл бұрын

@@crius5950 if milk from Mars was cheaper and good quality I would buy the Martian milk definitely

@nazor1 3 жыл бұрын

Why are some countries allowed to monopolize a crop? I understand that this is bad for Peruvians, but I can't imagine a natural food being patented. There's nothing wrong with growing what the earth gave us in different places.

@Ccm2019 2 жыл бұрын

Because of Tradition and Culture. Maca is a plant that is originally came from Peru. The problem is China taking advantage of them. It’s not that they’re selfish.. It’s the Chinese are manipulative.

@charlescarabott7692 Жыл бұрын

@@Ccm2019 most crops grown everywhere originated from the America's. The Chinese are not doing anything new.

@charlescarabott7692 Жыл бұрын

@@goforit1010 I plant seeds all the time originating from many different countries. And I don't pay commissions to anyone or anyone tells me I'm stealing. But if China does it then it has become custom in the west to accuse them of stealing

@azzazz4549 Жыл бұрын

Captain Xingjack Sparrow

@eaglesfannnn 7 жыл бұрын

How is it illegal to take seeds and plant them in a foreign country

@kerd--one6848 7 жыл бұрын

4:00

@stratus10601 7 жыл бұрын

Are you even paying attention to the video? smh

@gnarmarmilla 7 жыл бұрын

Because people get greedy and think everything belongs to them. We are surrounded by injustice.

@randaljimenez863 7 жыл бұрын

did you even watch the freaking video?

@FoxArctik 7 жыл бұрын

funny how america is not apart of that protocol 3:57

@podersa241 3 жыл бұрын

Just make is illegal to sell or removed any seeds from this country or any country that belongs to them. This should be worldwide. What other reason would anyone buy seeds.

@crosslink1493 2 жыл бұрын

Its illegal to export the 'tubers', plants, or the seeds from Peru. It's processed for export by turning it into a powder and selling it by-the-bottle or further processed into medicinal capsules that can be swallowed. Pretty hefty fines if you're caught trying to take it out of the country

@charlescarabott7692 Жыл бұрын

Seems it's too late to do that lol

@agee7777 5 жыл бұрын

the government do whatever they want.

@johnaustin6067 3 жыл бұрын

Why not just a thank you to God!

@JL-ol8zg 7 жыл бұрын

Patenting a crop, these drives me nuts. I feel for the farmers but this is a free market we operate in and to say someone else can't grow a crop because you want to be the only people who can profit off of it is ridiculous.

@JL-ol8zg 7 жыл бұрын

VACIO what does the USA have to do with anything? I'm saying I don't agree with the concept of patenting genes or in this place crops. Your comment is kinda the pot calling the kettle black no?

@FoxArctik 7 жыл бұрын

illiterate means he cant read, but hes simply expressing his opinion.

@beruman 7 жыл бұрын

its not the crop, they patent products derived from the crop. the indigenous people did not put the work and research needed to develop those and are being little leeches in my opinion. Nobody is preventing them from growing and chewing on the root like they've been doing all this time. (and if they do its unlikely to stick as you can't patent an unmodified genome)

@JL-ol8zg 7 жыл бұрын

beruman I think that was the spirit of my comment and I agree with what you say

@JL-ol8zg 7 жыл бұрын

VACIO again not the point.

@johnaustin6067 3 жыл бұрын

You can't patent God's work!

@NoahNobody 7 жыл бұрын

How can you patent a plant you didn't create? That is some bullshit protocol.

@FirstLast-wl7bs 7 жыл бұрын

Noah Nobody it gets explained at the 4 minute mark.

@stratus10601 7 жыл бұрын

Noah Nobody pay attention to the video, it explains it FFS

@Ahhh714 7 жыл бұрын

Patenting a plant/seeds is fucking absurd, anyone who argues otherwise is just as stupid as some arbitrary piece of paper that proclaims it so. Goes both ways gmo/nongmo.

@FoxArctik 7 жыл бұрын

funny how america is not apart of that protocol 3:57

@themiddleman5886 7 жыл бұрын

Other than the idiots here referencing the in-video explanation, it is rather moronic to have such policy, since no one technically created the maca. Although, a lot of these people are ironically the same individuals that despise protectionism (unless it benefits them). By their logic, all of South America, Africa, North America, Asia, and Australia/oceana should pay royalties to European countries since they did introduce many crops that are now common in said places into the new world.

@user-bs3pp9mb4b 8 ай бұрын

Africa couldn't stop Chinese for growing cocoa hmmm

@streamlined2 7 жыл бұрын

Did I perceived this correctly: those native people ardently and laboriously developed unique genetic code for thy homeland species, therefore they should benefit from the secret? Dah, it sounds weird! I'd rather say that Creator himself must collect those royalties. I suppose those mortals wouldn't risk to rival with God.

@MrBeny 7 жыл бұрын

But the plants aren't Peruvian, they're just plants.Who cares if China wants to grow this crop in their country? As far as I'm concerned this is a total non-issue.

@PaulHirsh 7 жыл бұрын

So we should start paying royalties on potatoes, tobacco, tomatoes, sweet corn already? If these folks could just lighten up, they might find a whole ton of useful Chinese plants that could grow well in Peru. Revenge is sweet, and this kind hurts nobody.

@charlescarabott7692 Жыл бұрын

Exactly 💯%

@beaucrawford538 7 жыл бұрын

godamn! look at 3:09 that's some hot stuff!!

@cheezyria 7 жыл бұрын

scrolled down for this comment haha

@X_pert_bandit 7 жыл бұрын

I feel for the Peruvian people but patenting a fucking crop that wasn't engineered in lab? Really?

@ktownboyrocky5079 5 жыл бұрын

That's God plant not man

@BLUELOCK_1999 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@FoxArctik 7 жыл бұрын

How come vice doesn't emphasis the countries that is not signed up to the Nagoya protocol at 3:57. This includes America, Canada, Russia, Australia, New Zealand etc. so none of this apply to them either. China should just pull out this stupid protocol, like the US with the Paris Climate agreement

@killacamfoo 7 жыл бұрын

Look at that wonderful pollution.

@IndigoXYZ18 7 жыл бұрын

So... horticultural appropriation?

@musengeluwisha2173 3 жыл бұрын

#StopstealingMacaRoot

@michaeldavidson1909 7 жыл бұрын

Bio-piracy? Nice try. The Chinese had no trouble duping the simple minded Peruvian maca farmers. Especially, when they were buying up everything at top price. That the Peruvians thought this would go on indefinitely, shows what easy prey they were to the wily, globally business savy Chinese.

@shisabislam8337 Жыл бұрын

Macakivavylagy

@thrdstooge 7 жыл бұрын

Something seems a bit off with this reporter dude,...can't put my finger on it...

@victormanzella933 7 жыл бұрын

@kaygeeboi 7 жыл бұрын

Why anybody need sexual stamina supplements or herbs?

@Tearakan 7 жыл бұрын

Joe Biden's Shotgun because people are stupid and love to lose their money to snake oil salesmen.

@angelreyleon1841 Жыл бұрын

Existen los superfoods

@joebazooks 7 жыл бұрын

i see nothing wrong with what the chinese did. shit *should* be localized. sure the indigenous people should profit from it, but others should be allowed to localize whatever it is they wish to localize.

@martinlopez-servin3091 6 жыл бұрын

ROFL 😂😂😂😂✌️

@anthonywilliamson2080 5 жыл бұрын

Forget maca and stick to growing coca!

@muzzer3726 5 жыл бұрын

Maca cures erectile dysfunction. You'll need it when you're older

@user-nf5px7vg6w 5 жыл бұрын

Some people are missing the point and some clearly support the Chinese and their disgusting project. Ugh, yea capitalism is a fucking pain in the butt and even more when people with power abuse using things native to another country. Such damn disrespect, disgusting.