Main Results
(harvest 21/22 refers to vanilla flowers pollinated in fall 2021 and pods harvested in 2022)
1. Our field survey indicated that the 2021/2022 harvest of vanilla in Madagascar could be well below 2,000 tons but for once this report prefers to correct these results and opt for a harvest at around 1,800 tons,
2. The internal marketing of this harvest showed a significant difference between the official price of 75,000 Ariary per kilo to be paid at the edge of the farm and the real price paid by the collectors (between 35,000 Ar and 50,000 Ar),
3. A similar discrepancy occurs between the price of dried vanilla recommended/imposed by the Malagasy authorities (Ar 500,000) and the actual price offered by the collectors,
4. The consequence is that in terms of income, farmers can cover their cost of living at official prices but not at actual prices,
5. As for the new crop (2022/2023), and due to climate change, pollination has barely started in early November. A large number of inflorescences present for later pollination could still allow an average harvest to occur...

Main Results:
According to this Field survey, the present crop (2021/2022) may reach 1650 tons or slightly more. It has been affected by climate change and a consecutive drought, with insects attacking the flowers and fusarium still active on the beans and vines
Prices are growing quite rapidly but are...

Demeter has been carrying out field surveys with vanilla farmers in Madagascar and other vanilla producing countries for close to twenty years and at a rhythm of four times a year.

Based on a typology analysis of vanilla farmers, analyzing differences linked with geography, climate, sociology, etc.. it covers six clusters in the main areas of production in Madagascar and particularly the SAVA *
*Cap Est, Axis Ankavanana, Axis Maroanstretra, Axis Sambava, Axis Ampanefene, Axis Andapa, Andapa Basin.

Demeter’s interviewers go into villages and carry the necessary individual interviews and group reunions to form an opinion on the same matters presented hereunder.

Experience and control surveys have confirmed the validity and reliability of the method used and evidenced the variations from one farmer to another and from one village to another so that at present, so these field surveys dispose of a valid sample and results may be extrapolated to the entire vanilla farming population.

Demeter has been carrying out field surveys with vanilla farmers in Madagascar and other vanilla producing countries for close to twenty years and at a rhythm of four times a year.

Based on a typology analysis of vanilla farmers, analyzing differences linked with geography, climate, sociology, etc.. it covers six clusters in the main areas of production in Madagascar and particularly the SAVA *
*Cap Est, Axis Ankavanana, Axis Maroanstretra, Axis Sambava, Axis Ampanefene, Axis Andapa, Andapa Basin.

Demeter’s interviewers go into villages and carry the necessary individual interviews and group reunions to form an opinion on the same matters presented hereunder.

Experience and control surveys have confirmed the validity and reliability of the method used and evidenced the variations from one farmer to another and from one village to another so that at present, so these field surveys dispose of a valid sample and results may be extrapolated to the entire vanilla farming population.

Demeter has been carrying out field surveys with vanilla farmers in Madagascar and other vanilla producing countries for close to twenty years and at a rhythm of four times a year.

Based on a typology analysis of vanilla farmers, analyzing differences linked with geography, climate, sociology, etc.. it covers six clusters in the main areas of production in Madagascar and particularly the SAVA *
*Cap Est, Axis Ankavanana, Axis Maroanstretra, Axis Sambava, Axis Ampanefene, Axis Andapa, Andapa Basin.

Demeter’s interviewers go into villages and carry the necessary individual interviews and group reunions to form an opinion on the same matters presented hereunder.

Experience and control surveys have confirmed the validity and reliability of the method used and evidenced the variations from one farmer to another and from one village to another so that at present, so these field surveys dispose of a valid sample and results may be extrapolated to the entire vanilla farming population.