Spice farmer Kassim Sisso cuts a piece of a ginger root at his family farm in Zanzibar's island village of Kidichi November 3, 2005. Zanzibar's agricultural reputation is based principally on the production of cloves but various other spices like [cardamon, cinnamon, chillies], ginger, [lemongrass, nutmeg, pepper, tumeric and vanilla] are farmed on the island, nicknamed "Spices Island".