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  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. 1995-01-12 A collection of papers and newsletters compiled by the Vetiver Network. World Bank Technical Paper no. 273.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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...