Madagascar vanilla crop quality suffers as thieves spark violence
The rocketing price of much in demand vanilla is also seeing it used increasingly for money laundering
18 July 2019 - 16:43
Marovato — Rocketing vanilla prices bought Madagascan farmer Berlin Ranary a hot pink sofa, a motorbike — and a double-barreled shotgun to protect his crop.
Thieves have stolen almost 20kg of his 200kg harvest this year, part of a crime wave washing over the East African island nation of Madagascar...
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