There are differing views on the overall size of Madagascar’s crop. While some traders and brokers believe that the crop will exceed the 12,000 tonnes estimated for 2014, some of the farmers and planters have raised doubts on this idea. Farmers point out that while at the time of flowering it was a “good catch” in later weeks many of the flowers fell off after rains etc. and the final crop size cannot be determined based on the initial flowering...READ MORE
