Category: Policy, upscaling and dissemination

NEWSLETTER (NL2026-10): A Historic El Niño; King of Thailand Vetiver Awards; Understanding VS Limits; A Philippine Riverbank Protection Attempt; News from Latin America; GVF’s First Sites; Plant Suppliers List; Practitioner Evidence Compendium; Vetiver Research News; Earthshot Close-out

  A Historic El Niño: What Vetiver Users Should Consider El Niño is back, and this one is shaping up to be among the strongest on record. On October 8, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center reported that El Niño “continues to…

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Two New Papers: Why Vetiver Spreads Through Channels, and How to Build a Vetiver Service Company

TVNI has issued two companion papers for discussion. “From Proof to Practice” asks why a technology this well proven has been adopted so slowly, and finds that the lag is structural rather than informational. “Establishing a Vetiver Service Company” takes…

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How the updated VGT design standards underwrite a two-wing vetiver service company

Updated Design Standards and Specifications What the revisions mean for your work The design standards, guides and specifications listed in the design spec table are there to support your work with vetiver — whether you use them as an individual,…

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NEWSLETTER (NL2026-08): ICV-8; TVNI Awards Announcement; UN International Year of the Woman Farmer; Vetiver Research News; UN Assessment: Vetiver First Among Malawi’s Erosion Controls

In this issue Dates for the 8th International Conference on Vetiver (ICV-8) Announced TVNI Announces Awards for ICV-8 2026 is the UN International Year of the Woman Farmer: Vetiver and Women Farmers Vetiver Research News A UN Assessment Ranked Vetiver…

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NEWSLETTER (NL2026-05): The $3 Revolution: Proving What Vetiver + AMF Can Really Do at Scale

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]This might be the most important post I write this year, and I’m going to be direct about why: We have something potentially extraordinary in our hands—a Vetiver- Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) partnership that research suggests could deliver 70-85%…

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FIVE  STUDIES. 1,300 FARMERS. THE QUESTIONS NOBODY ASKED

THE VETIVER ADOPTION PARADOX Understanding Why Farmers Don’t Use What They Know Works Part of the Global Farmer Demonstration Program series Introduction This post builds on our recent article Become a Farmer-Researcher: Six Vetiver System Models to Transform Your Farm,…

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Ethiopia’s Terraces Are Failing. Here’s What the Research Says They Need.

How Vetiver Retrofits Turn 7% Yield Losses Into 200%+ Gains—While Suppressing Pests Farmers Never Expected (the photos in this article are all from Ethiopia and show vetiver planted in the mid 1990s and the early 2000s) The transformation of Ethiopia’s…

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Become a Farmer-Researcher: Six Vetiver System Models to Transform Your Farm

An Invitation to Farmers and Other Vetiver Users Choose Your Path, Document Your Journey, Share Your Knowledge What if the greatest agricultural research wasn’t happening in laboratories, but on your farm? What if farmers like you—working the land, observing the…

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NEWSLETTER (NL2026-04) The 9-Degree Solution: What Vietnamese Farmers Discovered (And Science Had Already Proven}

In this issue The Hidden Benefits of Vetiver: When Farmers Discover What Science Had Already Proven Five Hidden Mechanisms Working Beneath the Surface Voices from the Field: Ethiopia’s Experience The Soil Temperature Crisis: How Vetiver Actually Cools Your Farm World…

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Newsletter (NL2026-03) – Mapping the Vetiver System Worldwide, Vetiver México’s ‘Vetiver for the Earth’ Competition, Paseo Ambiental Orégano (Venezuela) Celebrates 5th Anniversary, Farmer innovation/Solomon Islands, Community-first vetiver model for landslide-prone hillsides, Slope stabilization and carbon capture

In this issue Mapping the Vetiver System Worldwide: A New Country-by-Country Evidence Table Vetiver México Champions Local Projects with ‘Vetiver for the Earth’ Competition Paseo Ambiental Orégano: 5 Years of Urban Regeneration and Resilience with Vetiver Network Advice A China-backed…

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