Agroforestry Services: Living fence  Fodder: Bank  Fodder: Insect  Regional Crop

Nopalea cochenillifera is a shrubby or treelike cactus. Climate: tropical, tropical highlands. Humidity: arid to semi-arid. A plant of arid and semi-arid areas in the tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 1,500 metres, sometimes higher[331 ]. Requires a sunny position[423 ]. Thriving on neglect, the plant can tolerate almost any conditions so long as the soil is well-drained. Established plants are very drought tolerant[46 ]. Carbon Farming - Cultivation: regional crop.

Carbon Farming

• Agroforestry Services: Living fence  Simply managed rows of shrubs and trees.
• Fodder: Bank  Fodder banks are plantings of high-quality fodder species. Their goal is to maintain healthy productive animals. They can be utilized all year, but are designed to bridge the forage scarcity of annual dry seasons. Fodder bank plants are usually trees or shrubs, and often legumes. The relatively deep roots of these woody perennials allow them to reach soil nutrients and moisture not available to grasses and herbaceous plants.
• Fodder: Insect  Plants grown for useful fodder insects.
• Regional Crop  These crops have been domesticated and cultivated regionally but have not been adopted elsewhere and are typically not traded globally, Examples in this broad category include perennial cottons and many nuts and staple fruits.