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Mexico's countryside may hold the key to the nation's energy future Mexico is the seventh-largest producer of oil in the world but it's committed to increasing the developing of alternative bio-fuels. By 2024 the country wants to produce 35 percent of its energy from renewable sources. This is part of its commitment to the Paris climate change accord. Consequently, bio-fuel projects are now booming in the countryside. Other large Latin American economies like Brazil and Argentina have been successful in providing incentive for renewable energy projects. But according to a report issued by the Atlantic Council, some... |
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Farmers push cactus as answer to world hunger (English) Dr.Tully Friedgut, Senior Economist, Orly Cactus Farm: "The - Opuntia, the Prickly pear is really a miraculous plant, and it can use relatively little water, certainly relatively to citrus, relative to mangos, relative to the kinds of plants that grow in subtropical climates such as Israel's is and we in our company, our dream is to harness science and the sun and with those two help create a world that is free of hunger of sickness and of poverty." |
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11 Impressive Benefits Of Nopales - Nopal Cactus Health Benefits Nopales are spectacularly healthy type of cacti with a wide range of health benefits including their ability to aid in weight loss, prevent cancer, improve skin health, protect heart health, regulate and improve digestion, boost the immune system, optimize metabolic activity, build strong bones, cure insomnia, and reduce inflammation throughout the body. |
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Cactus Pear - Green Gold ICARDA has released part one of a three-video series on cactus pear production, aimed at farmers in dry regions. The series promotes best-agronomic practices to improve productivity and enhance the quality of the crop at low cost. |
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Nopal, Mexico’s Native Superfood Nopal, or Opuntia cacti, is a cactus eaten all throughout Mexico, known for its flavor and its nutritional value. But do we value its industry, production, and future? Through a trip from the farm to the table, we learn, revalue, and savor different dishes that this ancestral ingredient offers. |
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Nopal Cactus Cultivation - Cactus Farming and Harvest The nopal cactus grows extensively throughout Mexico, being especially abundant in the central Mexican arid and semi arid regions. In Mexico there are over 3,000,000 hectares (7,400,000 acres) of land used to cultivate nopal. |
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Prickly Pear Farm and Harvesting The cactus fruit is indeed full of valuable substances for our body and exceptionally sweet and tasty. The plant that produces it, is a prolific one that produces many fruits from every single shovel: the Opuntia ficus-indica. Despite its name, the Opuntia ficus-indica is not from India but from South America, like all other cacti, especially from central Mexico. It has spread very quickly, though, in Asia as well as in some areas of Africa and Europe (in Europe has been acclimatized particularly well in South Italy and the Canary Islands) and maybe his name is the... |
Feeding People and Livestock with Minimal Water