The Vetiver Network International

KENYA’S “MAMA VETIVER”

Jane Wegesa Fraser coordinates the Kenya Vetiver Network. She leads by “doing”.  Jane is one of the founders of PLUS-Kenya, a Kenya NGO now in operation for more than 10 years. From inception she has proven to be the powerhouse in the field, working with communities, designing applications, teaching users, and showing how to actually apply the technology on the ground. Although she and PLUS-Kenya have been involved in various VS applications, her main focus is on farm soil erosion, water conservation and soil fertility enhancement, land reclamation, and infrastructure preservation (slope stabilization) Jane story and passion for environmental improvement in Kenya is demonstrated in this photo album.… Read the rest “KENYA’S “MAMA VETIVER””
Dick Grimshaw
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The Role Vetiver System can play in helping to achieve Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) “Vision 2050”

Robinson Vanoh and his company, Eagle Vetiver Systems Ltd, is the leader in Vetiver System (VS) applications in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Robinson is also a Board member of TVNI with special responsibilities for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the South Pacific. In this role he is an active Visiting Agent (VA) to a number of VS programs including some in the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Vanuatu. He administers The Pacific Islands Community Based Vetiver Network (a registered non-profit) He is very active in his own country (PNG) and the following describes the background to, and some of the VS development.… Read the rest “The Role Vetiver System can play in helping to achieve Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) “Vision 2050””
Dick Grimshaw
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SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (SIDS) – Important possibilities for the Vetiver System

Some of the oldest Vetiver System applications are on the Pacific Islands (Fiji) and the Caribbean (St Vincent and the Grenadines). These island states in development jargon are known as SIDS. Most of the SIDS are very small and are faced with huge problems in the light of population expansion and climate change.  Development funds are very limited and thus there is a need to introduce low cost technologies that fit the needs of the islanders.… Read the rest “SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (SIDS) – Important possibilities for the Vetiver System”
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Vetivernews #1  – Vetiver and Climate Change — A newsletter from Colombia

Claudio Ruben Daza Jimenez and his company, VetiverCol, have been working with the Vetiver System for many years and is an important and well proven vetiver business in Colombia.  We encourage vetiver based companies to share their work, experience and ideas and suggestions on our website, and we welcome Claudio’s initiative to share his new monthly “VetiverNews” with us that in this edition focuses on  “Vetiver and Climate Change”. The original transcript is in Spanish. This post is a Google Translation, plus some editing of that translation.  … Read the rest “Vetivernews #1  – Vetiver and Climate Change — A newsletter from Colombia”
Dick Grimshaw
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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 various other sources. I find it exciting and heartening to read about various innovative global VS activities, often taking place under difficult conditions, as well as the many new ideas and developments that surface from time to time.… Read the rest “Vetiver Monthly Newsletter – June 2022”
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