IntroductionSome 2.6 million hectares are cultivating in the world, where the greatest use of cactus for forage or fodder occurs in Tunisia: 600,000 ha, Algeria: 150,000 ha, Mexico: 230,000 ha (39), South Africa: 525,000 ha and Ethiopia: 355,000 ha (46), Brazil: > 600,000 ha (50) and Southern Morocco regions: 90,000 ha (1). For Argentina there is information on area cultivated with Opuntia onl ...