Preparatory Meetings & Creation of the Network
- October, 1991 : Universidad de Guadalajara – Mexico : 1st International Congress on cactus pear and cochineal
- September 1992 : Universidad de Chile - Santiago, Chile : 2nd International Congress on cactus pear and cochineal 3.
- 1st August 1993, Mexico - Creation of CACTUSNET
General Meetings of the Network
- August 1993, Mexico - Creation of CACTUSNET
- December 1994, Italy January 1996, South Africa
- October 2000, Tunisia
- August 2004, Mexico
Working Groups Meetings
- Productivity and Collection, Evaluation and Conservation of Genetic Resources. Mexico, November 1995
- Cochineal. Peru, August 1996
- Post-harvest and Agroindustries, Chile, September 1998
- Creation of the sub-network on Pitayas and Pitahayas. Mexico, May 2000
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International Events
- III International Congress on Cactus Pear and Cochineal and III General Meeting of the CACTUSNET. Republic of South Africa, January 1996
- 1st International Festival on Cactus Pear and Cochineal. Peru, January 1997
- Nopal (Opuntia spp.): its use and application to combat desertification. Peru, May 1998
- Cactus pear and nopalitos processing and uses. Chile, September 1998
- International Workshop on Opuntia spp. Angola, November 1999.
- IV International Congress on Cactus Pear and Cochineal and IV General Meeting of the CACTUSNET. Tunisia, October 2000. V International Congress on Cactus Pear and Cochineal and IV General Meeting of the CACTUSNET. Chapingo, Mexico, 2004.
- International Meeting “Aprovechamiento Integral de la Tuna”. Santiago del Estero, Argentina. October, 2005.
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