New flavor of vanilla farming aims to stop deforestation in Madagascar

Mongabay
Dec 21, 2021, 8:41 am458 ptsHot
MANAKAMBAHINY ATSINANANA, Madagascar — To make a simple phone call here requires walking for at least an hour, over deforested foothills, through a small village and across a river to reach a mountain peak where cell service is available. This trek is among the duties of a dozen teenagers working on a farm in…

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