Sustainable Vanilla
Project characteristics
Location: Madagascar: SAVA Region (district Andapa / Sambava and Antalaha
Commodities: Vanilla and other plant species relevant for Fragrance and Flavor creation, such as ginger, clove and others
Scale: 5,568 farmers & 2324 hectares of vanilla
Start & end date: 2012 ongoing
Project phase: At scale
Farming Model: Smallholders
Type of sourcing: Direct sourcing from farmers
Partners: Companies (Unilever, Kellogg Company), GIZ (German Society for International Collaboration), Save the Children, Rural Cap Development & local NGOs Graines de vie, Union Nationale des Maisons Familiales et Rurales Malagasy & Saf FJKM)
Project details
Description: Establish a transparent & sustainable vanilla supply chain supportive of vanilla farming communities seeking to strengthen economic resilience of farmers, while protecting the environmental ecosystem and strengthening social cohesion in the farming communities
- Support farmer livelihood
- Keep carbon in the soil
- Increase capacity of soils to hold water
- Enhance farm biodiversity
- Reduce excessive use of synthetic agro-chemical inputs
Practices:Farmer support (health insurance, cash advances on crops, food & cash crop diversification, agricultural colleges for next generation, small animal health care, training on farm mgmt. & financial education, premiums for quality and certification); Keep carbon in the soil (intercropping, no tillage, cover crops); Enhance farm biodiversity (conservation of endemic species, hedges, livestock, organic farming, trees nurseries), no use of chemical fertilizers & pesticides on farms
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