The feet of vanilla

Vanilla plantations, so valuable, attract thieves, and producers near Ambanja face a very difficult challenge to protect their vanilla and chocolate plantations. To prevent theft, the Ambanja police have very limited means (including only one car, not always supplied with petrol). It is often the villagers themselves who do the justice. As for the cocoa plantations, they employ guards who patrol at night under the trees, for a few handfuls of ariary.