The United States exports or feeds much of its cereal grain — for example, corn, barley, rice, and wheat, and other crops, ...

Mesquite timber can be made into high-quality furniture. Prosopis seed pods are a great source of animal feed. But there is much work to do.

CABI has published a new book which explores the ecology and management of invasive Prosopis juliflora trees which have severely impacted landscapes and the livelihoods of pastoral communities in ...

Seed-feeding beetles In the 1980s beetles that feed on mature Prosopis seeds were introduced in 2020 as biological control agents in South Africa, but don’t have a meaningful effect on the rate ...

A Texas tree that got out of bounds and became invasive, causing ranchers headaches, is being reconsidered as an ornamental, drought-tolerant shade specimen.

It is fast-growing, drought-resistant and sprawls over acres of land in Kenya's arid regions, but the rapidly spreading prosopis tree has become an environmental menace that many wish had never ...

Scientists have revealed the massive ecological and economic impacts that the invasive alien tree Prosopis juliflora has had across the Afar Region of north eastern Ethiopia.

food Cooking Are mesquite beans the next gluten-free superfood? The tree pods have a history as a very nutritional food source, especially when turned into flour.

Kenya Forest Research Institute (Kefri) researchers are studying how best to utilise the noxious weed mathenge.

Likewise, sustainable and effective Prosopis management in Kenya and neighbouring countries – such as Tanzania, Somalia, Ethiopia and Sudan – can only be achieved by combining different practices.

With Prosopis, the seeds become more viable once it goes through the intestine of a herbivore,” Prabakaran told Mongabay-India.