Vanilla farmers in Madagascar pilot the experimental game FallowMe, designed to simulate real-world dilemmas related to vanilla farming and forest conservation. (James Herrera, Duke University) ...

Vanilla is vital to the livelihoods of farmers in Madagascar, where the globally popular dessert ingredient is the country's No. 1 export. A fun, thought-provoking game designed by a team of ...

MAROVATO, Madagascar, July 18 (Reuters) - Rocketing vanilla prices bought Madagascan farmer Berlin Ranary a hot pink sofa, a motorbike - and a double-barrelled shotgun to protect his crop. Thieves ...

Vanilla flavoring is widely used in food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. The primary source, Vanilla planifolia, however, is vulnerable to diseases, drought, and heat—stressors expected to become ...

Long before "vanilla" meant bland, the bean's fandom spanned Mesoamerican elites to European courts. But it owes its ubiquity ...

KANSAS CITY — A decline in vanilla prices should encourage food and beverage formulators, but the pace of the decline may be less satisfying. The price drop is more akin to a cautious moon landing ...

Every day, Victor Gonzalez checks on about 1,000 young vanilla plants he is growing at a farm in Homestead. His dream is to fill five acres of land he hopes to buy with the exotic orchid that produces ...

Miami — Vanilla has an undeserved reputation for being blah, as in plain vanilla, the flavor for people who consider chocolate too daring. The truth is a vanilla bean is exotic — the only edible fruit ...

Rocketing vanilla prices bought Madagascan farmer Berlin Ranary a hot pink sofa, a motorbike - and a double-barrelled shotgun to protect his crop. By Lovasoa Rabary and Hereward Holland MAROVATO, ...