Economic Prospects for Vanilla in the South Pacific

ACIAR Grain Storage alternative cash crop approximately Artificial vanilla capital-intensive Coconut Comoros Islands consuming countries consumption levels copra management inputs copra production cured beans curing shed current level Discount Rate dried beans drop in world Economic Prospects exports from Tonga Fa'anunu Grain Storage Research green beans growing vanilla hand pollination harvesting high value-weight ratio Indian Ocean Industry sources Low copra management low management inputs n.a. Source natural vanilla Pacific islands pests and diseases primary producers in remote producing countries production in Tonga profitability of vanilla profitable alternative cash reduced to 50 remote regions Réunion shown in Table simple technologies smallholders to grow South Pacific countries Storability Storage Research Program substantial supplies from Madagascar t/annum Table 3a Tahiti Tahitian Tiollier Tongan vanilla transport Valentine 1987 value-adding process vanilla beans vanilla industry Vanilla planifolia vanilla plantation vanilla production vanilla-growing vanillin Vanuatu Vava'u West Germany world market world vanilla market world vanilla prices