Mexico: Protecting vanilla's only natural pollinators
Vanilla is one of the most expensive ingredients in the world, currently hitting a record €600 per kilo ($300 per pound) on the world market. The orchid is native to Mexico, and only there are insects able to pollinate it. Growers in other parts of the world must pollinate the plants by hand.
Now, pesticides and chemical fertilizers threaten insects in vanilla's native land, and nature's pollinators are increasingly rare. That has severe consequences for ecosystems, and for the farmers who rely on vanilla for a living.
A film by Carolina Chimoy
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Length
06:09 Minutes
Date of publication
2019
Project
Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Mexican Agricultural Sector
Global Ideas
