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Vanilla, Madagascar (Sava)
Sambava, Madagascar14.27°S 50.17°E
computed criticality17/100
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Madagascar #1 vanilla producer (~40% of volume, FAOSTAT 2023)
2023Fault line
Almost all natural vanilla comes from the Sava region in north-east Madagascar, a slow, hand-pollinated crop on an island exposed to cyclones. Extremely volatile prices and strong pressure toward synthetic vanillin.
Actors
Sava growers
export traders
Indonesia
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