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  • Vanilla Stakeholders meet in Madagascar to Discuss Joint Strategy for Quality

    On March 27th 2019, SVI members and their Madagascar partners had their very first round table meeting at Ocean Momo, in Antalaha.  The meeting gathered 51 participants and was…

    Vanilla Stakeholders meet in Madagascar to Discuss Joint Strategy for Quality
  • Uganda’s next step toward becoming a leader in quality vanilla

    This week, in a big win for the Uganda vanilla sector, the Minister of State for Agriculture made a declaration of harvest dates for vanilla, starting on June 15th for…

    Uganda’s next step toward becoming a leader in quality vanilla
  • Upcoming Vanilla Event in Tanzania

    The Vanilla 2019 Conference will be held November 4-8, 2019 in Moshi, Tanzania, focusing on the future of vanilla and vanillin.  For more information on the program, please see the…

    Upcoming Vanilla Event in Tanzania
  • Vanilla can be a Profitable and Climate-Smart Crop for Smallholder Farmers in Uganda

    On a recent trip to Uganda, SVI members rallied for increased regulations and policies that seek to improve the sustainability of the vanilla sector. Through meetings with over 35 individuals…

    Vanilla can be a Profitable and Climate-Smart Crop for Smallholder Farmers in Uganda
  • SVI and the International Labor Organization (ILO) partner for child protection

    The Sustainable Vanilla Initiative has been actively collaborating with the ILO and the US Department of Labor since 2017 to address the concerns raised about child labor in the vanilla…

    SVI and the International Labor Organization (ILO) partner for child protection
  • A success for vanilla quality!

    Advocacy from the Sustainable Vanilla Initiative and local partners resulted in a government-issued decree to maintain campaign opening dates, to the mid-July 2018 date in Sava region.   These campaign…

    A success for vanilla quality!
  • Listen to our latest podcast on sustainable vanilla

    Hear more about the Sustainable Vanilla Initiative in the latest episode of the IDH podcast. Jan Gilhuis, Senior Program Manager in the IDH Fresh & Ingredients Program, and Don Seville,…

    Listen to our latest podcast on sustainable vanilla
  • Power of IDH Fresh & Ingredients program grows

    A dozen of companies joined our Fresh & Ingredients program in the last quarter, increasing the power of the program. The members commit to increase in sustainable volumes sourced.

    Power of IDH Fresh & Ingredients program grows
  • Sustainable Vanilla Initiative partners with CARE to aid victims of Madagascar Cyclone

    Team to provide agriculture recovery to North Eastern Madagascar in response to Tropical Cyclone ENAWO. The Sustainable Vanilla Initiative (SVI) has partnered with CARE to support vanilla…

    Sustainable Vanilla Initiative partners with CARE to aid victims of Madagascar Cyclone
  • Supporting sustainable and child labor free vanilla growing communities in Sava

    IDH, through the Sustainable Vanilla Initiative, together with the International Labor Office start the project ‘SAVA-BE’ in the vanilla sector. A project to supporting sustainable and child labor free vanilla…

    Supporting sustainable and child labor free vanilla growing communities in Sava