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Propagating Vetiver Grass – some practical advice from southern Spain

Recently a state-owned, Surinamese company that is involved in the mining of minerals and ores reached out to TVNI to locate a supplier for Vetiver Grass and inquire about what they might expect should they establish their own nursery.  Dave and Anna, the owners of Vetiver Spain (a reputable and reliable Vetiver supplier in Spain) asked their head gardener to provide his insights and recommendations on propagating Vetiver in their southern Spain location: Where to plant?… Read the rest “Propagating Vetiver Grass – some practical advice from southern Spain”
Jim Smyle
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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 Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China. He gave an excellent presentation of the science that backs the use of vetiver grass as the key component of an eco-engineering technology that has thus far transformed the control of striped and pink stem borer in 270,000 ha of rice in 14 provinces of southern China.… Read the rest “Vetiver Grass Technology – Ecological Engineering in Pest Management for Rice in China.”
Dick Grimshaw
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The Vetiver System can provide a low-cost solution for shallow landslide mitigation.

  The most recent (February 2022) devasting landslides in and around the City of Petropolis (located in Brazil’s state of Rio de Janeiro), are not new to the region, but the frequency and severity appears to be increasing due to a combination of extreme, climate change, induced rainfall events and poor land use; the latter includes unregulated housing on steep slopes, poor drainage, and deforestation.  Not all landslides can be prevented, but many can, and most landslide sites can be rehabilitated so slippage does not occur again.… Read the rest “The Vetiver System can provide a low-cost solution for shallow landslide mitigation.”
Dick Grimshaw
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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 known to many, we established in June 2017 a What’s app group called VENIT (Vetiver Network in Tanzania), after an intensive and comprehensive training by Elise Pinners (TVNI Director) and Jane Wagesa (Kenya Vetiver Network Coordinator).… Read the rest “Vetiver Networking and Expanding Application in Tanzania”
Dick Grimshaw
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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 accelerating, due to population growth, misuse and mismanagement of resources, and climate change. Many communities, particularly rural communities in poor countries know the problems but lack the means to mitigate them. The challenge of climate change calls for new approaches in delivering information and in training and empowering communities in need.
Dick Grimshaw
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