Heightened consumer focus correlates to the push for sustainability from brands and suppliers, particularly when it comes to vanilla, the “queen of flavors”.
it s a difficult task but on pemba island there are now $250.00 vanilla farmers. this is farmer slim helfand said entire annual production it s about half a kilogram that in the name i have already started benefiting last year i made over 250000 shillings or $110.00 u.s. dollars and this year i m expecting over 500000 shillings. will keep earning more money in the coming years. and. the world market price for the spice has exploded from about $30.00 u.s. dollars per kilogram a few years ago to around $600.00 u.s. dollars now. this is also due to bad harvests and drought and that s something the farmers and pemba worry about they ve joined together in a cooperative to protect their crops. we do not discriminate between our farmers that we give the seedlings to all our members. but if one does not take