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Costa Rica: biological control of an insect pest on Vetiver; Colombia: Vetiver history; Vetiver research trends; Vetiver oil’s medicinal potential; USA & India: Vetiver initiatives; USA: Vetiver for climate resilient infrastructure (NL 2024-09)

A well-planted Vetiver hedgerow Costa Rica: biological control of spittlebugs (Aeneolamia spp, Prosapia spp.) in Vetiver / Control biológico de salivazo en Vetiver The following article comes from Yorlene Cruz in Costa Rica. Yorlene is the owner/founder of Vetiver Systems Costa Rica, the organizer and host of the monthly “Conversatorios Virtuales Latinoamericano Vetiver”, TVNI’s Costa Rica Coordinator, and a Director of TVNI. For more details see the full write up of this case study (in Spanish) and a video that shows the affected plantings.… Read the rest

Jim Smyle

Sep 30, 2024 at 09:52 PM

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Labels: agriculture, climate change adaptation, disaster mitigation, infrastructure, policy, upscaling vetiver, Vetiver research, Vetiver VideosTagged agriculture, bioengineering, biological control insect pests, climate smart technology, ecological engineering, Insect pests, medicinal use, natural disaster risk mitigation, Network news, Research trends, Vetiver history

The Broken Hydrological (Water) Cycle — and Feedback from Vetiver users (NL 2024-08)

The Broken Hydrological (Water) Cycle. Summer is always a rather slow time for exchanging vetiver information – a time to relax and reflect. I have been re-reading Charles Massy’s book “Call of the Reed Warbler” (available from e.Books.com). It makes an interesting read (focusing primarily on his own country, Australia) about landscapes that were once in balance with nature, but, since colonization and the introduction of European agricultural methods, have been changed and destroyed, particularly the soils and related water balances.… Read the rest

RIchard GRIMSHAW

Aug 26, 2024 at 04:57 PM

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Labels: agriculture, climate change, climate change adaptation, erosion, forage, infrastructure, management, Network News, Phytoremediation, pollution, slope stabilization, wastewater, waterTagged agriculture, climate change, climate smart technology, erosion control, Global Hydrolgical Cycle, pollution mitigation, Slope stabilization, vetiver grass, Vetiver Grass Technology, Vetiver System

Vetiver Roots as a temporary carbon sink, China Vetiver Network publications, Vetiver and Women, & Vetiver and Regenerative Ag – a bi-national program (NL-2024-07)

Vetiver Roots as a temporary carbon sink Source: Wilson, B., Daniel, H., and Baldock, J.A. 2022. Functional Links between Biomass Production and Decomposition of Vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides) Grass in Three Australian Soils. Plants 2022, 11(6), 778; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11060778 In the broader discussion of the Vetiver System’s relevance in managing the impacts of climate change, this author’s view is that the focus should be on VGT applications for climate change adaptation, with greatest urgency being to support rural communities and smallholder and rainfed farmers in the Global South, followed by protecting vulnerable lands and making critical infrastructure climate resilient. … Read the rest

Jim Smyle

Jul 30, 2024 at 11:23 PM

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Labels: agriculture, climate change, climate change mitigation, Vetiver research, Vetiver technical publicationsTagged Carbon bonds, Carbon farming, China Vetiver Network, Climate change mitigation, regenerative agriculture, Vetiver and temporary carbon storage, Vetiver publications, Women and Vetiver

The Vetiver System – A Changing Perspective. (NL-2024-05/06)

The Vetiver System – A Changing Perspective Ethiopia – old constructed terraces retrofitted with vetiver hedgerows located on edge of riser greatly improves efficiency of terrace both for soil and water conservation When John Greenfield and I introduced vetiver grass hedgerows to Indian Watershed development projects in the 1980’s the objective was to replace poorly designed — high maintenance, high cost conservation structures (graded contour engineered terraces) that did not perform well either for soil conservation or rainfall loss reduction — with a low cost and effective biological system that mimicked nature – the vetiver grass contour hedge.… Read the rest

RIchard GRIMSHAW

Jun 10, 2024 at 08:50 PM

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Labels: agriculture, climate change, community, disaster mitigation, erosion, forage, infrastructure, Phytoremediation, plant, pollution, upscaling vetiver, water qualityTagged climate smart technology, erosion control, pollution mitigation, Slope stabilization, vetiver grass, Vetiver Grass Technology, Vetiver System

Mitigating heat and drought in Vietnam using Vetiver Grass

Ngô Đức Thọ is an engineer, and is the Coordinator for the Vietnam Vetiver Network and a TVNI farm advisor. He is also the founder and administrator of a very successful Facebook group — Vietnam Vetiver Farmers – that has some 10,000 members. I often visit the group page as it has some great information and thousands of vetiver related photos. The new ideas and ways of managing vetiver on small farms and gardens are being generated and put into practice by this group.… Read the rest

RIchard GRIMSHAW

May 03, 2024 at 04:48 PM

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Labels: agriculture, climate change, community, Network NewsTagged agriculture, climate smart technology, drought, high temperatures, Nature-based Solutions, regenerative agriculture, Vetiver Grass Technology, Vetiver System