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Resources Tagged: Vetiver Grass

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  1. Chrysopogon zizanioides - Vetiver Grass

    Edible portion:Root - oil for flavouring A tropical grass. It keeps growing from year to year. It has stout roots. It grows 2 m high. It grows in dense tufts. The leaf blades are 90 cm long by 4-10 mm wide. The flower panicle is oblong and 13-30 cm long. It is a tropical plant. It grows in areas...
    Vetiver Grass Useful Plants Roots Roots and Tubers FPI Grasses Plant Information

  2. Vetiver Plant Suppliers

    TVNI has created a list of vetiver plant suppliers who have demonstrated the ability to nursery propagate vetiver plants and offer them for sale in their countries and regions. They all multiply Vetiver,C. zizanioidesand are able to ship planting material on demand. TVNI does not set the prices...
    Vetiver Grass Plant Suppliers Plant Propagation Seed Sources

  3. FM 1990 ILEIA Newsletter Vol 6 #1

    1990-01-03 Peruvian peasants are proud to share their knowledge Experimentation by Thai farmers raises their self-confidence You cannot fix indigenous knowlege Traditional Indian agriculture Andean agriculture Culturally significant pest control Working with local knowlege in range and livestock...
    Vetiver Grass Indigenous Knowledge Dryland Farming Traditional farming Thailand Pest Control South Asia agriculture

  4. FM 1998 LESIA Magazine Vol 14 #1

    1998-07-19 Challenging water scarcity Irrigation development - Peru The challenge of organising catchment councils Saurasbtra's water insurer Water resource management Improved irrigation efficiencies in Tunisian oases Bridging gaps in water and labour supply Transferred technology in a basket of options...
    Irrigation Management Vetiver Grass Forages Agriculture-Peru Water Resources De... Vetiver System Ethiopia Developing Countri... Catchment Water Security

  5. Vetiver Grass: A Thin Green Line Against Erosion

    Key Resource 1993-01-01 For developing nations, soil erosion is among the most chronic environmental and economic burdens. Vast amounts of topsoil are washed or blown away from arable land only to accumulate in rivers, reservoirs, harbors, and estuaries, thereby creating a double disaster: a vital resource disappears...
    Soil Conservation Cover Crops Plant Propagation Plant Conservation Vetiver Grass

  6. Vetiver grass for soil and water conservation, land rehabilitation, and embankment stabilization

    1995-01-12 A collection of papers and newsletters compiled by the Vetiver Network. World Bank Technical Paper no. 273.
    Water Conservation Soil Conservation Vetiver Grass

  7. Vetiver Grass: Technical Information Package Vol. 1

    1993-01-12 This set of information has been put together for those of you wanting more detailed information of vetiver technology, and access to some of the papers submitted for the 1993 vetiver awards. Mos of the papers are backed by a lot of photographs.
    Soil Erosion Malaysia Vetiver Grass

  8. Vetiver Grass: Technical Information Package Vol. 2

    1993-01-12 This book reports the results of the trials and other ad hoc observations carried out that have shown the vetiver hedgerows have tremendous potential for many areas of human activities. It contains photos to illustrate establlshing, vetiver, vetiver hedgerows, and uses of vetiver.
    Soil Erosion Malaysia Vetiver Grass

  9. Vetiver grass: the hedge against erosion.

    1990-03-01 This handbook has been prepared to support small scale fieldworkers and farmers, mostly in the tropics and semitropics, to develop vegetative systems of soil and moisture conservation.
    Soil Conservation Soil Erosion Moisture Vetiver Grass

  10. Vetiver Documents (Techniques of Vetiver Propagation, Int. Training course on the vetiver system, Utilization of vetiver as medicinal and aromatic plants)

    2000-09-01 It is hoped that these booklets included in the notebook will be of some value to extension officers, engineers and others in the field of transfer of technology, to pass on this valuable information to the farmers and other vetiver users to encourage them to grow more vetiver for soil and water...
    Vetiver Grass Agriculture-Thailand