# We supplied prickly pear material for university research

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Published: 2020-11-23

Our volunteers collected prickly pear pads from our trial plot and delivered them free of charge for research and development work at Manisa Celal Bayar University.

**We contributed plant material to research and development work at the Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Manisa Celal Bayar University.**

The prickly pear pads requested by the university were **collected from our trial plot by our association’s volunteers and delivered to the relevant people free of charge.**

This support forms part of **our continuing work on prickly pear following the Rural Development with Local Products Project**. You can learn about the project and explore its resources on our [project page](/en/projects/rural-development-with-local-products-project).