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VETIVER NEWSLETTER – June/July 2023 – ICV-7 Edition

Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand welcoming the attendees and opening ICV-7. VETIVER NEWSLETTER – ICV-7 Edition The Seventh International Vetiver Conference was successfully held in Chiang Mai, Thailand between the dates of 29 May and 1…

MANAGING SOIL HEALTH WITH VETIVER (Vetiveria zizanioides) FOR CLIMATE AND FOOD SECURITY

Dr. Rattan Lal, winner of the World Foodprize, and Director of Lal Center for Carbon Management and Sequestration, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA wrote an article for the special edition on Vetiver, published (May/June 2023) by India’s Agriculture World…

THE ROLE OF VETIVER GRASS TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE FARMING AND SOIL HEALTH

The Vetiver Grass Technology has impacted tens of thousands of small, and often poor, farmers in many parts of the tropical and semi-arid regions of the world. Vetiver hedgerows can create change over a very short period. ….  Quote from…

Disaster Prevention, starting in family farms, in the Parish of La Carolina, County Ibarra, Ecuador – A Project Concept

Piet Sabbe is the owner/operator of Vetiver Consult Ecuador. He is has 30 years of hands on experience using vetiver for eco-restoration. He was also the winner of the 2022 Vetiver Short Video competition with his movie “Vetiver on Contour…

TVNI 2023 AWARDS

Amongst eight winners of TVNI Awards at ICV7 ( 2023) Mohammad Shariful Islam  of  Bangladesh was awarded Vetiver Champion for promoting Vetiver Grass Technology to communities and for the public good. A full list of awardees follow: Vetiver Champion –…

VETIVER NEWSLETTER – MAY 2023

VETIVER NEWSLETTER — MAY 2023 NEWS UPDATE A lot of hard work is going into the organization of ICV7 that starts on May 29th. We must thank in advance Mrs. Nongpun Meechuen for the extraordinary effort that she and her…