Wanilia na Madagaskarze - NYT

An aerial view of the village of Mandena and the surrounding lush mountains in Madagascar's northeastern Sava region. With prices reaching hundreds of...

A so-called vanilla mansion looms above a street in Antalaha, Madagascar, May 31, 2018. With prices reaching hundreds of dollars a pound, Madagascar's...

Employees at a vanilla warehouse owned by Michel Lomone, left, are searched before they leave work in Antalaha, Madagascar, May 31, 2018. Lomone said...

Cured vanilla from the 2017 harvest is ready to be sorted at a Michel Lomone's warehouse in Antalaha, Madagascar, May 31, 2018. Lomone said he has had...

Employees sort cured vanilla at a warehouse owned by Michel Lomone in Antalaha, Madagascar, May 31, 2018. Lomone said he has had hundreds of kilos of...

Michel Lomone smells cured vanilla pods at his warehouse in Antalaha, Madagascar, May 31, 2018. Lomone said he was concerned about the vanilla boom's...

Ninot Oclin, center, a vanilla farmer, guards his small farm from thieves, in Mandena, Madagascar, May 29, 2018. Vanilla's high price, combined with r...

A crowd gathers to watch music videos on a desktop computer at a weekly roadside village market in Madagascar's northeastern Sava region, May 26, 2018...

Police patrol for illegal vanilla transporters and traders ahead of the official harvest season in Madagascar's northeastern Sava region, May 26, 2018...

Traders inspect cured vanilla from the 2017 harvest in Sambava, Madagascar, May 23, 2018. With prices reaching hundreds of dollars a pound, Madagascar...

Middlemen or "commissionaires," trade vanilla from a vehicle in Sambava, Madagascar, May 23, 2018. With prices reaching hundreds of dollars a pound, M...

Germain Ravelojoanina at the district prison in Antalaha, Madagascar, where he is serving a two-year sentence for stealing 10 kilograms of cured vanil...

Vanilla traders and friends at a beach in Sambava, Madagascar, May 21, 2018. With prices reaching hundreds of dollars a pound, Madagascar's vanilla-gr...

Pascale Rasafindakoto, a "commisionnaire," or middleman, lies at home in bed with his son, in Sambava, Madagascar, May 20, 2018. He buys vanilla pods...

Ripe vanilla pods stamped with the owner's initials in Antsahalalina, Madagascar, May 19, 2018. Vanilla's high price, combined with rampant poverty an...

Men armed with fishing spears, clubs and machetes guard a vanilla plantation in Madagascar's northeastern Sava region, May 18, 2018. Vanilla's high pr...

Jao Diry prunes a vanilla vine at a plantation in Antalaha, Madagascar, May 17, 2018. With prices reaching hundreds of dollars a pound, Madagascar's v...