PRODUCTION MANUAL FOR BELES
(Opuntia ficus-indica)
IN ERITREA
By
Candelario Mondragon Jacobo Ph. D.
Horticulturist, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones
Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP), Mexico
FAO Consultant on Cactus Pear Production
TCP/ERI/2802
Technology Transfer on Cactus Pear (Opuntia spp.)
Production and Utilization
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT OF LAND RESOURCES AND CROP PRODUCTION
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2004
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