To control and curtail the spread of opuntia that is wiping away grazing lands and harming livestock in Northern Kenya, an organisation has decided to harness its highly nutritive qualities. The ...

Opuntia cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) is valued both as a food and as a source of health-promoting phytochemicals. The fruit pulp, peel, seeds and cladodes are rich in a diverse array of ...

Could cactus pear become a major crop like soybeans and corn in the near future, and help provide a biofuel source, as well as a sustainable food and forage crop? According to a recently published ...

Learn how to propagate a prickly pear cactus in your own yard. Over the centuries–in the course of adapting to harsh soil and climatic conditions–prickly pears (Opuntia) have developed the ability to ...

Edible cacti, particularly nopal and prickly pear fruit from Opuntia ficus-indica, have historically been consumed in dry and water-scarce regions. As an essential component in traditional diets, ...

Returning to Spain for the second Primitive Survival Course in Ciudad Real from April 30 - May 3. The course explores wild foods and resources for primitive survival, including Opuntia stricta, a ...

There are opportunities and opportunities, and it would be fair to observe that we Pakistanis are fairly good at grabbing them by their proverbial throat and then ‘milking’ them for every conceivable ...

DR. ERNST'S abnormal fruit of Opuntia, as figured at p. 77, appears to be similar to one described and illustrated by Zuccarini (Abhandl. d. math. phys. Class., B. iv ...