Strengthening of fruit and cactus pear production in Tigray and North Wollo (Ethiopia)

Summary: Fruit trees are currently getting special attention by the farmers as incomegenerating commodities Since 2007 FAO has assisted a local project aimed at strengthening fruit and cactus pear production in Tigray and North Wollo Ethiopia The project is strongly supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development MoARD as well as the Regional Bureaus of Agriculture which are directly involved in the exercise Recently we met FAO project leader Giuseppe De Bac he told us about the story