Vetiver Monthly Newsletter – June 2022
This post is the first of a series of that I will attempt to write once a month as a form of newsletter dedicated to some of the more interesting ideas and activities that surface on social media and from…
Vetiver Grass Technology – Ecological Engineering in Pest Management for Rice in China.
On March 1, 2022 TVNI hosted a webinar (#5): Vetiver Grass for the Control of Stem Borer of Rice in China. The Guest speaker, Dr. Zhongxian Lu, professor and head of crop insect pest management at the Institute of Plant…
Vetiver Networking and Expanding Application in Tanzania
Goodluck Estomih, of Arusha, Tanzania, has played a critical role in the more recent promotion of the Vetiver System in Tanzania. He writes … “My greetings to you from Mara region in the Lake Victoria zone of Tanzania. … Not…
The Vetiver Education & Empowerment Project (VEEP) Model.
For those who understand and have witnessed the significant benefits and impact of Vetiver System (VS) applications, are often perplexed that the technology is still unknown by many potential users despite global promotion efforts. Degradation of soil and water is…
Madam Zhang of Fuzhou, China.
Liyu Xu, China Vetiver Network Coordinator, reported the recent death of Madam Zhang who was an early pioneer of vetiver for bioengineering applications in China. I met her in 1997 at a Vetiver workshop that was held in Fuzhou,…
International Vetiver Webinar on China
Hosted by the International Vetiver Network and organized by the China Vetiver Network, the International Vetiver Video Conference was successfully held on November 18, 2021. The people participating in the meeting wee from China, the United States, Thailand, Australia, Colombia,…