Palestinian farmers fear losing prickly pear fruits due to cochineal insects in West Bank

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Palestinian farmers fear losing prickly pear fruits due to cochineal insects in West Bank

STORY: Palestinian farmers fear losing prickly pear fruits due to cochineal insects in West Bank DATELINE: July 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:49 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the prickly pear 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SHADY SALEH, Director of pest control department in General Administration of the West Bank Plant Agency 3. shots of Palestinian farmers checking crops 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MUAYYAD ABBAS, Local farmer from Faqqu'a town 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): ABDEL QADIR NASSAR, Village council member STORYLINE: For the second year in a row, Muayyad Abbas, a local Palestinian farmer from Faqqu'a town, northeast of Jenin, fears he might be losing the prickly pear harvest season, due to the outbreak of the "cochineal bug" that is killing his produce. The 47-year-old father of three told Xinhua that he used to rely on the profits he earns from selling those fruits that he has been growing on his four-dunum land. It is meant to be his main income during the summer season. In th

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