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Introduction This time of the year is an opportune moment to assess the state of the vanilla market as we are approaching the end of the season in Madagascar, which is still a trend setter as the largest vanilla exporting country. Let’s reflect on the 2022 season and attempt to
Being a key actor on the global market for over a decade, De Monchy Natural Products has always raised awareness about sustainability. The challenge of how we meet the market demand without compromising the future has always been a priority in our business practices.
It is a relief that things are slowly returning to some form of normal after the Covid-19 global crisis has impacted all of our lives. Unfortunately, the field of logistics is still facing unprecedented challenges created by the aftershock of this pandemic. Ports and hubs remain congested, this along with constant high demand is resulting in persistent bottlenecks, delays in international shipments and high freight prices.
Since the end of 2021, De Monchy Natural Products is officially present in Indonesia with brand new facilities in Bogor, West Java, near the capital Jakarta.
Indonesia is a vibrant and diverse country, rich in natural products enjoyed all over the world. As an origin for our vanilla, cassia and other spices, Indonesia has never been more important to our sourcing strategy.
Over the years at De Monchy Natural Products, we have strived to develop our presence both at the source and near our clients. While being close to the farmers supporting the local communities, we have business offices on two continents to better serve our clients in their buying journey. Along with our physical presence, we have invested in new equipment and resources to strengthen our service in supplying quality raw materials across the globe.
As the 2021 season is coming to a close, farmers, producers, exporters and the local government in Madagascar are preparing for the 2022 Green Campaign which could be off to a rocky start this year.
In the world of Cinnamon, we must distinguish between 2 main categories: Ceylon Cinnamon which mostly comes from Sri Lanka, as its name suggests, and Cassia Cinnamon which can be broken down into further subspecies from different origins.
It is worth noting that one of the most striking differences between Cassia and Ceylon Cinnamon is that the former has a thicker bark and the latter has a more mild and delicate flavor.
For the purpose of this article, however, we will focus on Cassia.
Commonly used as an herb and spice across the globe, Turmeric is a yellow-colored root from India & South-East Asia, belonging to the family of ginger. Also called “Indian saffron”, turmeric is used as a spice, a food colorant, but also as a medicine or cosmetics ingredient for its properties. The use of Turmeric dates from over 4,000 years ago in Chinese medicine.
The vanilla orchid is native to Mexico. The Totonacs seem to have been the first people to cultivate this fragrant plant. After conquering the Totonacs more than 2.000 years ago, the Aztecs started to use cured vanilla to add a deeper flavor to their cacao beverages. It was only around the 16th century that it was discovered by Spanish conquistadors and brought back to Europe.
At De Monchy Natural Products we make a point of it to create a customer experience that closely resembles the expectations of each of our customers. In an environment as dynamic and fluctuating as the raw materials’ market, it is of utmost importance to ensure that customer care is an integral part of an end-to-end service, extending the way of doing business beyond the simple supply of products.
In the month of September we received several visitors at our facilities in Sambava, including a group of agronomy students from the capital, Antananarivo. They were interested to see the practical side of growing and curing vanilla beans – one of the main crops grown in Madagascar. We were happy to host them at our facilities to show them our processes and to exchange our different ideas and expertise with each other.
During the past few months we have been busy with our green campaign in Madagascar. We have been curing and processing between 300 – 400 metric tons of organic and Rainforest Alliance™ certified green vanilla. Our work on the campaign is nearly complete, and we are in the process of transporting our cured organic and Rainforest Alliance™ certified vanilla to our facilities in Europe and the USA.
The Macky Association is a farmers’ association that we established in 2020 along with our partner in Madagascar, Sambavanille. In 2020 we started off by presenting several workshops and building a new school in Ambohinanarina. In 2021 we have continued our involvement in the farmers’ communities with health support and financial independency.
Before 2020, who would have thought that a disease would be a unifying factor all across the globe? And yet, here we are. COVID-19 has united us all. We stand together in the fact that this disease has disrupted each of our lives in some way. For the people of Madagascar, there has been no exception. On this vast island off the eastern coast of Africa, the effects of this virus have been devastating for many families.
As the end of the export season for the 2020 crop in Madagascar is fast approaching we look back at a challenging, yet positive time in the vanilla industry. We cannot deny the fact that COVID-19 has had an impact on the global vanilla market, and the implementation of a minimum FOB price by the Malagasy government has created some constraints. Nonetheless, the quality and the yield of the crop has been excellent throughout.
The country of Madagascar is probably best known as the world’s primary source of natural vanilla beans. Yet this beautiful island, rich in wildlife, remains one of the poorest countries in the world. In 2020 we had the opportunity to take a step to change that by building a school in the village of Ambohimanarina.
Sustainability and traceability have become hot topics in the food industry, with major companies investing in their supply chains to meet increasing customer demand for transparency. At De Monchy Natural Products (DMNP) it has been our mission to secure the entire supply chain of our Madagascan vanilla. We want to assure traceability from farm to plate. This is why we established the Macky Association in Madagascar.
By April 2020, COVID-19 had spread worldwide, affecting people in every country and socioeconomic group. In a short time, the poorest countries, including Madagascar, felt the severe impact on the most vulnerable of their population.
In 2020 we, together with Sambavanille, established a farmers’ association in Madagascar called the Macky Association.
Through this association we are able to register all our vanilla farmers. We make use of a digital system developed by Metajua and Ecocert to register the farmers, their production, working conditions, certifications and payments.
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