Haiti – More on Vetiver for fuel
Here are a couple of links to the use of vetiver as a fuel in Haiti – worth a quick look Vetiver bundles Biochar and fuel More great information at Haiti Reconstruction
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Food Security and the Vetiver System
Lester Brown’s January 14th 2011 update of the Earth Policy Institute’s Plan B titled “The Great Food Crisis of 2011” cites a doubling of annual growth in demand for grain to 41 million tons per year. Food prices are at an all time…
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Vetiver System – Biomass Fuel
A paper from ICV5 by Bo Huang describes how vetiver has been used to stabilize highly fractured slopes in south China. This in itself makes interesting reading. The paper also describes how vetiver biomass residue from these protected slopes has been used…
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Vetiver, Stoves and Biofuel
I was speaking with Criss Juliard this morning and he reminded me about the good work being done by Mike Mahowald’s group, Haiti Reconstruction in Haiti with respect to using vetiver for fueling efficient cooking stoves. Let me first say how impressed I am…
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Vetiver Italy
I have recently heard from Marco Forti, coordinator for the Italian Vetiver Network. It is nice to see the slowly increasing interesting in Vetiver in Italy. It is also good to see how Marco is expanding the Network by encouraging…
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New Postings on TVNI website
VETIVER SYSTEM APPLICATION IN THE USA AND MEXICO Presentation by Paul Truong* and Brad Granley** *TVNI Coordinator Asia and Oceania ** Leggette, Brashears & Graham Inc., Senior Associate A Changing Industry: On-site Phytoremediation of Landfill Leachate Using Trees and Grasses –…
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Vetiver – A Plant for all People – The Latin American Experience
Latin American Vetiver Conference – Medellin, Colombia – Oct 3-5 2013 The spirit of the Vetiver System (VS) and those who use it, and of this particular conference, can be summed up in one man, Alois Kennerknecht (left in photo),…
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Vetiver. — Biomass production versus vetiver oil production. Some observations from Gueric Boucard
Recently Gueric Boucard (Dominican Republic) who has been in the vetiver oil business for years, and is now growing vetiver as a profitable bio fuel, sent the following to a vetiver grower in Europe. I though I would share it…
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Vetiver System – Vetiver Grass Technology Applications
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…
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