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…
Welcome to an extraordinary month in the Vetiver world. From Vietnamese farmers making remarkable discoveries to Brazilian associations taking flight, from Ethiopian insights finally being understood to engineering breakthroughs that challenge conventional thinking—this month reveals vetiver’s true power not just…
Mapping the Vetiver System Worldwide: A New Country-by-Country Evidence Table TVNI has compiled a comprehensive country-by-country evidence table documenting the global reach of the Vetiver System. The table currently covers 120 countries and territories — each assessed across six evidence categories:…
The Vetiver System in 2025 The most outstanding aspect of the Vetiver System in 2025 were the people of the VS global community. WhatsApp groups in India and Latin America, the monthly Latin American Conversatorios, and numerous active Facebook groups…
A testimonial from Alois Kennerknecht : The Vetiver System – a multipurpose plant in an urban community in Peru A few months ago TVNI launched a “Vetiver Testimonial Campaign” with an open call, asking you to share your stories and…
100 Year old Vetiver hedgerows still functioning Vonnie Roudette of St Vincent and the Grenadines – “the best project manager ever”. Vonnie is one of a number of outstanding women who develop and execute Vetiver related programs. She is a…
Can AI help accelerate the scaling and uptake of the Vetiver System? As we are all aware, communities across the Global South are experiencing the accelerating impacts of climate change — soil erosion, flooding, drought, and degraded farmland. For hundreds…
In this Newsletter, among others, we present some interesting observations and research findings that underscore the importance of further research for deepening and expanding our understanding of how the Vetiver System can contribute to a climate-resilient, sustainable future. The first…
Note: due to a recent issue with the TVNI website, the May Newsletter was “lost” and will need to be redone. Until then, this is a placeholder only.
The Vetiver System in 2024 As we come to the end of 2024 – which marked about 40 years since John Greenfield and Dick Grimshaw began to explore the use of Vetiver grass as an alternative to structural soil and…