Insect infestation ravages North African prickly pear

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Insect infestation ravages North African prickly pear.Chebika (Tunisia) (AFP) - Amor Nouira, a farmer in Tunisia's Chebika village, has lost hope of saving his prickly pear cacti, ravaged by the cochineal insect spreading across North Africa.Prickly pear is consumed as food and used to make oils, cosmetics...
This article was published Monday, 22 July, 2024 by AFP
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In Chebika, as in other rural areas in central Tunisia, many farmers' fields of prickly pear have been spoiled by the cochineal, which swept through North Africa 10 years ago © AFP Sofiene HAMDAOUI


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