Without soil and water there will be no photosynthesis and no life on this planet. Both are becoming degraded and in short supply globally — Vetiver Grass Technology (VGT) can improve both and deserves government focus and support.” agriculture, climate change, erosion, forage, plant, slope…
TVNI has been informed by the Chaipattana Foundation – the ICV7 organizer and host in Thailand — that due to the COVID-19 pandemic ICV-7 will be postponed until 2021. The specific dates are, as yet, under consideration. They will be…
In 2016 while doing community development work in a rural farming region in Haiti, I became aware of the serious sanitation problem. Open defecation is the norm and diseases such as Cholera are active. The locals suggested building a single community latrine…
You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Apr 12, 2021 01:00 PM Greenwich Mean Time (6.00 AM Pacific Standard Time) Topic: TVNI-WEBINAR 1 – EMBEDDING VETIVER GRASS TECHNOLOGY INTO FARM SYSTEMS AT VARIOUS SCALES UNDER “TROPICAL” and “SEMI-ARID” CONDITIONS…
After nearly 30 years of use TVNI’s website is being completely overhauled by a professional company, Global Green of Vietnam. The new site will be based on a WordPress platform and should be up and running by the end of…
ICV-7 will be held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 29 May to 1 June 2023. The Conference will be a hybrid — in-person and online — and all attendees will need to register irrespective of personal or virtual attendance. The…
Central Bicol State University of Agriculture of the Philippines https://cbsua.edu.ph/ is holding a webinar on Vetiver Grass Technology on September 28th 2021. Dick Grimshaw, Paul Truong and Robinson Vanoh of TVNI will be participating. See attached program:
Currently there are a number of initiatives using various vetiver applications, especially for soil conservation, pollution control, and slope stabilization. Most are funded locally and by small UNDP and other regional grants. A lot can be done with a little…
TVNI has a new “project” that we invite our community and others to participate in — and it should be fun doing… Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus tincidunt sagittis urna vitae eleifend. Pellentesque et justo vitae…
Robinson Vanoh (Vetiver Coordinator for PNG and South Pacific Islands has been leading a TVNI initiative to… Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus tincidunt sagittis urna vitae eleifend. Pellentesque et justo vitae tellus tristique convallis in et…
