If the Great Green Wall in Africa was made with the spineless prickly pear, it would have already been completed (24 articles to convince responsible people).

 

Photo credit: WVC 2006-12-OPUNTIA-04_2 – Algiers

Massive spineless prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica var. inermis) in one of the suburbs of Algiers.

Far more better than any tree to halt desertification (and it’s edible !)

Delicious fruit of the spineless prickly pear.  Imagine all the children in the drylands. – Photo WVC 47138_1614376158662_1214065827_1705718_7687748_n

 

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• 09/29/11–12:11: Spineless prickly pear against desertification (Willem Van Cotthem / You Tube) – http://youtu.be/27dBvxZQ2zk
• 10/15/11–06:36: Desertification: nopal cactus more efficient than Jatropha for the drylands – (Got Powered / Elqui Global Energy / Rodrigo WAYLAND M.)
• 10/15/11–06:47: Production of electricity from nopal (Opuntia ficus-indica) biomass (BAJOLATORRE)
• 10/15/11–07:02: Large-scale plantation of nopal (Opuntia ficus-indica) in Brazil – (sebraesergipe)
• 10/15/11–07:14: Benefits of the Opuntia cactus (nopal) in the diet of ruminants (Renata Saturnino)
• 11/18/11–06:06: Prosopis, Opuntia and Argania : interesting species for desertlike regions (Willem Van Cotthem)
• 12/08/11–17:29: Opuntia (prickly pear) for people in the drylands (Willem VAN COTTHEM)
• 01/14/12–04:40: Prickly pear : drought and salt tolerant varieties (USDA/ARS)
• 02/14/12–05:45: A staple crop that should be grown in all the drylands : Opuntia ficus-indica var. inermis, the spineless prickly pear (Google / The People’s Pharmacy)
• 03/30/12–00:22: Juice from the fruit of the prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus indica) : health-beneficial properties (Alcohol Reports)
• 12/02/12–04:40: How Native Plants and Exotics Coexist (Science Daily)
• 12/02/12–13:44: To be or not to be a noxious invader (Willem VAN COTTHEM)
• 02/05/13–02:02: There should be a magnificent future for the spineless Opuntia in the drylands (Willem Van Cotthem)
• 02/15/13–01:17: Prickly pear cactus – a new livestock fodder variety (ICARDA)
• 02/22/13–03:07: Cómo plantar nopal. (Colotlán y sus árboles) – (Spanish)
• 03/12/13–01:38: Establishment of cactus plantations to fight erosion, drought and desertification in Nigeria (Google / People’s Daily)
• 05/24/13–05:22: Spineless nopales (Opuntia ficus-indica var. inermis) to be used at the global level to combat desertification (Google / Food and Nutrition Research)
• 05/30/13–10:52: Opuntia ficus-indica may be the most economically important cactus
• 05/31/13–05:52: Cómo plantar nopal forrajero sin espinas / How to plant the spineless prickly pear cactus (Colotlan y sus Arboles / Fabio RUIZ / Willem Van Cotthem)
• 08/25/13–01:00: Is the spineless variety of the prickly pear cactus really edible ? (Willem Van Cotthem)
• 11/04/13–00:05: Spineless Opuntia (nopales) to combat desertification (Esteban CORRAL / Willem Van Cotthem)
• 11/21/13–11:16: What if introduced drought-tolerant plants are invasive species ? (Science Daily / Willem Van Cotthem)
• 07/18/14–23:37: The prickly pear, an interesting species to combat desertification and hunger (Yemen Times)
• 11/19/14–03:27: Dryland farmers like Opuntia and other drought-tolerant fodder plants (Google / New Era)