On Monday, April 28, 2025, the technical team of the Citrus Technical Center, accompanied by Mr. Mohamed El Hadi Saydat, Plant Protection Officer at the Regional Sub-Office for North Africa, and his delegation, as well as Ms. Naima Mahfoudhi, Director General of Plant Health and Agricultural Input Control, and her team, released 1,100 Hyperaspis trifurcata ladybugs to control the red scale insect on prickly pear plantations in the Ain Kmecha area of Nabeul.