The 6th International Vetiver Conference – May 5-8 2015. This conference, “Vetiver System: Empowering Sustainable Development”, is only 3 months away and will be held in Danang, Vietnam.. We encourage you and your colleagues to attend this conference to see and hear…
The Vetiver System has been successfully applied to a number of important railroads in China since 2000. A paper presented at ICV6: “Application of Vetiver Grass for Protection of Railway Side Slopes” by Xinmin Jiang, Tian Guan, Deyou Hu and Lehong…
A major TVNI objective is to give, through VS, the ability for communities to build resilience to climate change and associated problems created by unregulated third party activities – as in this case the disposal of toxic organic chemicals that…
Climate change is resulting in severe droughts in some parts of the world. The Vetiver System if applied and managed as a forage crop could provide communities and farmers greater resilience and protection. Analysis of vetiver leaf shows that at…
WHY, WHY, WHY, don’t those responsible for public works protection and maintenance use the VETIVER SYTEM ? Since 2000 the Vietnamese provincial governments have been testing and using the Vetiver System, at large scale, for highway (Ho Chi Minh Highway)…
Each time I open up Google Earth and look at various locations in India I see densely populated rural and urban centers, and know that many of them have no formal waste disposal systems, and are unlikely to have such…
Vetiver Grass is an absolute unique plant for many reasons, but its most impressive characteristics are that it can be grown successfully in virtually every country with a warm to hot climate, and for a large range of different applications…
If you are interested in land restoration, this video from Ecuador, by a man who knows what he is talking about, is highly recommended
The following are observations by Vetiver) users given during a 1996 community workshop at Matalom, Leyte, Philippines. Note in this part of the Philippines vetiver is known as “Mura” or “Mora”. (Prepared by , Program Field Coordinator, FARMI, ViSCA, Baybay,…
Agronomic and economic evaluation of Vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanioides L.) as means for phytoremediation of diesel polluted soils in Israel (2018) Nativ Dudai et al ABSTRACT: Soil pollution in Israel, due to diesel contamination, is a major concern, with gas stations,…
