When it comes to global vanilla production, Madagascar reigns in first place amongst all countries, producing 3,344 tons of ...

Thanks to a 12-year-old enslaved boy from the Reunion Islands (then Bourbon), Edmond Albius, who discovered hand pollination, vanilla production spread to Madagascar. So the next time Bourbon and ...

"Vanilla production is at serious risk as a result of the effects caused by climate change," said University of Veracruz professor Alejandro Quirino Villarreal, per Modern Farmer. "All of our ...

His discovery led to an explosion of vanilla production on the island, which by 1898 was exporting 200 tonnes to France and outperforming Mexico as the world’s largest producer. Bellier-Beaumont ...