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Monday, December 8, 2008

Vanilla Fungus

A deadly and incurable fungus outbreak has hit Madagascar, the world's main vanilla-producing region. The farmers have had to "radically change" farming methods to combat the outbreak, which has infected some 80% of their crop in two of their major stations.

As most of Madagascar's vanilla is exported to the United States, look for already high prices to increase.

© C Harris Lynn, 2008

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