Prickly pear cultivation on the rise in Italy and elsewhere as heat hits traditional crops
Global warming, drought and plant disease pose a growing threat to agriculture in Italy’s arid south, but a start-up founded by a former telecoms manager believes it has found a solution: Opuntia ficus, better known as the prickly pear. Andrea Ortenzi saw the plant’s potential 20 years ago when working for Telecom Italia in Brazil, … Read more
