The nursery is one of four opened in the region last year as part of an ongoing effort to promote agroforestry—the practice ...

When a major cyclone tears through an island nation, all efforts rightly focus on saving human lives and restoring ...

Hurricanes, or cyclones in some parts of the world ... According to George Geeraerts, president of Madagascar’s vanilla exporters, the vanilla harvest could be cut in half.

Authorities in the French overseas territory of Mayotte could still confirm only 31 deaths on Wednesday from Cyclone Chido ... mainly from Comoros and Madagascar. Few people could be seen on ...

In 1898, two cyclones razed Mayotte and a smallpox epidemic decimated the survivors. The sugar industry was abandoned, replaced by vanilla, coffee, sisal and later fragrant plants such as ylang-ylang.

While the majority of the world's vanilla is grown in Madagascar and Mexico ... In the last 20 to 30 years, the frequency and intensity of hurricanes, cyclones, and tropical storms have affected ...

In the Sava region of northern Madagascar, those vanilla ... And a vicious cyclone can wipe out years of work on vanilla fields in a matter of hours. At the Duke Lemur Center in Sava, Herrera ...

Vanilla is one of the most common flavours for sweet treats ... “Changing weather patterns, like the recent cyclone in Madagascar, can further fuel price fluctuations, making it even harder for ...

It has also faced devastating cyclones that have further added to economic hardships. Since gaining independence from France in 1960, Madagascar has experienced repeated bouts of political ...

Cyclones, droughts and floods can ruin this sensitive crop, limiting supply and driving up prices. Closeup of dried vanilla pods at Somava in Antalaha, Madagascar What isn’t common knowledge is ...