Fresh Food in Refugee Camps – No.1

2007 - Algiers area : A nice stand of Thornless Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica)

2007 - Algiers: The disks of this thornless cactus can be cut in slices and used as fresh food for the animals

2007 - Algiers : This cactus produces a maximum of biomass with only a minimum of water

2007 - A disk was kept for several weeks in a dark bag and started forming a new young disk, pale because of lack of chlorophyl

2007 - Algiers - Opuntia cactus can be multiplied very easily. It suffices to plant the lower part of a disk in the soil to see it rooting and shooting young disks after a short period. Each new disk can be used again to form a new cactus plant. It takes only a short while to have a number of thornless cactuses producing fresh food for the cattle in the refugee camps.