Climate-smart crop shows early success The prickly pear is a highly nutritious, water-efficient fodder crop that many Namibian farmers already use to boost animal feed in dry conditions. Otis Daniels ...

Prickly pears, classified as Opuntia, are well-suited to dry and arid yards. Found growing across much of the southwestern ...

The Opuntia genus, known as prickly pear cactus, is gaining national appeal in Japan for being rich in minerals, dietary fibre and other nutrients.