Growing cocoa could benefit Madagascar vanilla farmers
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, and PARIS — A new project seeks to diversify crops and stabilize revenues of vanilla farmers in Madagascar by introducing cocoa farming. Zurich-based Barry Callebaut, a producer of chocolate and cocoa, and Paris-based Prova, a manufacturer of vanilla extracts and flavors, joined forces to launch the project. Madagascar, with 80,000 producers, is the…