A Prickly Cactus Journey: From Hellish Plant to Farmers' Darling
| cg.contributor.center | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA | en_US |
| cg.contributor.center | Pakistan Agricultural Research Council - PARC | en_US |
| cg.contributor.crp | CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems - DS | en_US |
| cg.contributor.funder | Not Applicable | en_US |
| cg.contributor.project-lead-institute | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA | en_US |
| cg.coverage.country | PK | en_US |
| cg.coverage.end-date | 2015-06-30 | en_US |
| cg.coverage.region | Southern Asia | en_US |
| cg.coverage.start-date | 2015-01-01 | en_US |
| cg.creator.id | Louhaichi, Mounir: 0000-0002-4543-7631 | en_US |
| cg.creator.id | Islam, Muhammad: 0000-0001-9889-8960 | en_US |
| cg.subject.agrovoc | climate change | en_US |
| cg.subject.agrovoc | forage | en_US |
| cg.subject.agrovoc | resilience | en_US |
| cg.subject.agrovoc | cactus pears | en_US |
| dc.contributor | Clifton, Kathryn | en_US |
| dc.contributor | Islam, Muhammad | en_US |
| dc.contributor | Qamar, Imtiaz Ahmed | en_US |
| dc.creator | Louhaichi, Mounir | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-01T21:25:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-02-01T21:25:47Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The cactus pear (known by its scientific name as Opuntia ficus-indica) was not always accepted in Pakistan as a source of food for animals, much less as a fruit fit for human consumption. It was commonly believed to be the plant from hellfire; it suffered this unfortunate reputation by association with the upright prickly pear (known by the scientific name as Opuntia stricta), its close “cactus cousin.” | en_US |
| dc.format | DOCX | en_US |
| dc.identifier | http://drylandsystems.cgiar.org/news-opinions/prickly-cactus-journey-hellish-plant-farmer%E2%80%99s-darling | en_US |
| dc.identifier | https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/downloadmelspace/hash/XC5ZPDXX/v/78c790c761fa8a83a450cb8a3a88a53e | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mounir Louhaichi, Kathryn Clifton, Muhammad Islam, Imtiaz Ahmed Qamar. (20/7/2015). A Prickly Cactus Journey: From Hellish Plant to Farmers' Darling. URL: http://drylandsystems.cgiar.org/news-opinions/prickly-cactus-journey-hellish-plant-farmer%E2%80%99s-darling | en_US |
| dc.identifier.status | Open access | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/3134 | |
| dc.language | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | CRP on Dryland Systems (DS) | en_US |
| dc.rights | CC-BY-4.0 | en_US |
| dc.subject | crop-livestock | en_US |
| dc.title | A Prickly Cactus Journey: From Hellish Plant to Farmers' Darling | en_US |
| dc.type | Blog | en_US |
| dcterms.available | 2015-07-20 | en_US |