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In Madagascar, a deadly battle over the country’s vanilla crop

Over the last year, police and vigilante groups guarding the northern Malagasy forests of Sava, the world’s vanilla capital due to its perfect climate, have caught more than a thousand vanilla rustlers, most of whom are now behind bars, according to local police chief Sirnot Besoa.

An employee prepares a scoop of ice cream at the Miko Carte d'Or, part of the Unilever group, factory in Saint-Dizier, France, May 4, 2016.

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