# We shared our work on prickly pear

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Published: 2026-02-15

Following a meeting at our association, visitors joined our volunteer Ahmet Mellas for a technical visit to the prickly pear trial plot at Alata.

**We welcomed prickly pear grower Mehmet Büyükyılmaz and İlhan Kılavuz to our association.** During the visit, we shared our work on prickly pear.

After the meeting, our visitors joined **agricultural engineer Ahmet Mellas, a NATURELDER volunteer**, for a technical visit to the **prickly pear trial plot at the Alata Horticultural Research Institute**.

We thank Institute Director **Nihal Denli** and **Cengiz Türkay**, who is responsible for the institute's prickly pear work.