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| | OPUNTIA AS FODDER IN THE SEMI-ARID NORTHEAST OF BRAZIL |
 | | Opuntia was used as fodder after 1915 (Pessoa, 1967) and due to the great 1932 drought, the federal government established many propagation plots (Duque, 1973) that provided the stock for the dissemination of the species in the northeast. |
 | | Opuntia is cultivated in the semi-arid northeast, mainly by the dairy cattle ranchers, and the largest cropping areas are found in the States of Alagoas, Pernambuco and Paraíba. |
 | | In 1995, there were numerous reports in Pernambuco (Corrêia, 1995; Castanha, 1995) of high-density density opuntia plantings established in the Sertão zone (Custódia Municipality), supervised by C. Flores (Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo, Mexico). |
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