Vetiver Monthly Newsletter – June 2022
This post is the first of a series of that I will attempt to write once a month as a form of newsletter dedicated to some of the more interesting ideas and activities that surface on social media and from…
The Vetiver System: A toolkit for community-led, climate change adaptation
This article is the first in what will be an occasional series of articles on the Vetiver System for community-led, climate change adaptation. Subsequent articles will try and focus more on specific challenges faced by communities, and successful examples and…
Vetiver Saved My Herd!
Rafael Luque M. owns and operates the Venezuelan bioengineering company Vetiver Antierosión. C.A [email protected] based on vetiver grass. Part of his business was livestock production. Here follows his story as to how vetiver saved his herd during a period of…
VETIVER GRASS: AN EXCITING TECHNOLOGY FOR TACKLING ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS WORLD-WIDE
Jeremy Berkoff is a development economist with more than forty years experience in consultancy, government and international agencies. His specialities are water resources and agriculture. For eighteen years he worked for the World Bank. Since 1994, he has been an independent…
Vetiver System Short Video Competition with Cash Awards
A Short Video Competition with the theme “Vetiver System – A Climate Smart Technology” has been jointly organized by the Office of Royal Development Projects Board (ORDPB) of Thailand and The Vetiver Network International (TVNI). Cash AWARDS totaling US$8,000 Purpose:…
Vetiver Grass Technology – Ecological Engineering in Pest Management for Rice in China.
On March 1, 2022 TVNI hosted a webinar (#5): Vetiver Grass for the Control of Stem Borer of Rice in China. The Guest speaker, Dr. Zhongxian Lu, professor and head of crop insect pest management at the Institute of Plant…
The Vetiver System can provide a low-cost solution for shallow landslide mitigation.
The most recent (February 2022) devasting landslides in and around the City of Petropolis (located in Brazil’s state of Rio de Janeiro), are not new to the region, but the frequency and severity appears to be increasing due to…
The Vetiver Education & Empowerment Project (VEEP) Model.
For those who understand and have witnessed the significant benefits and impact of Vetiver System (VS) applications, are often perplexed that the technology is still unknown by many potential users despite global promotion efforts. Degradation of soil and water is…
China – Vetiver Research and Development
China – Vetiver Research and Development. Recently Liyu Xu, China Vetiver Network Coordinator, sent me the digital text (in English) of a book published in 2003 relating to the title of this post. It contains useful information and data from 1988…
Vetiver Roots – The Hidden Half.
This new book by Dr. Paul Truong provides a wealth of information on the function and unique role of the roots of vetiver grass that allow for a wide range of environmental mitigation. Paul Truong, TVNI’s Technical Director, has…