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Newsletter# 15 VETIVER NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER OF THE VETIVER NETWORK NUMBER 15 APRIL 1996 past), but also for its other News Line traits. Lest we forget, let me list 31 uses of vetiver: Natural Resources The First International • On farm soil and water Vetiver Conference, conservation* • Ground water recharge* “Vetiver - A Miracle • Wasteland rehabilitation* • Gully control* Grass” • Drainage stabilization* • Wind erosion control* The Conference, hosted by the Govern- • Flood plain stabilization* ment of Thailand, The Chaipattana Foun- • Inhibitor to movement of dation, Ma Fah Luang Foundation, Office excess soil chemicals* of the Royal Development Projects Board, • River bank stabilization* and the Land Development Board was held • Permanent boundary at Chiang Rai from February 5 - 8 1996. It demarcation* was attended by about 300 persons, 100 Construction and Engineer- of which came from 40 countries. We ing learned much from each others experi- • Embankment and cut ences, (detailed in this newsletter) some stabilization* was confirmation and reinforcement of what • Construction site stabiliza- we knew already, and some was new. In tion* total we received confirmation that Vetiver • Mine dump stabilization grass is indeed a “miracle" grass — a and rehabilitation* miracle grass, not that it is the only grass Pollution control (there are other grasses that can be used • Tolerance to high levels of effectively under conditions not suitable for toxic metals* vetiver) for forming stiff grass barriers for • Inhibitor to toxic metal Vetiveria zizanioides. Water color by Anita Cooper soil and water conservation, but rather what movement+ is emerging is its potential range of uses • Municipal and industrial waste dump • Mushroom substrate* for biological engineering and economic stabilization* uses over a very wide area of eco-adapt- • Excess herbicide and pesticide clean * proven; + under investigation, early re- ability. This is likely to expand as new cul- up+ sults promising tivars are identified, and vetiver grass • Clean up of brackish water fishery breeders start selecting and improving the wastes+ It is little wonder that the farmers of north- grass not only for its aromatic oil (as in the • Waste water cleanup+ ern Nigeria, for generations, have called the Economic uses grass “Wonderful Grass”. • Mulch* • Livestock fodder* From our work with vetiver we find some • Crop yield enhancement* interesting pointers that government tech- • Compost* nical transfer systems are not working too SEE BACK PAGE • Aromatic oil* well. Too often the initiative of introducing FOR TABLE OF • Medicinal* new technology is not being properly ad- • Thatch* ministered, and seems often to be done CONTENTS • Fuel* better by NGOs. Even the latter need help. • Handicrafts* Extension and conservation staff are not • Natural herbicides and pesticides*+ properly trained, dissemination aids (books, • Paper manufacturing* slides, videos) are not available; and linked VETIVER NEWSLETTER #15 PAGE 1 to this, farmers are not properly trained in US Internal Revenue Service approval as we can start this project and I use the seed- use of technology nor are they involved a tax exempt organization under Code 501 lings to carry out small experimental plots enough with the planning and evaluation (c) (3). Thus for US citizens your contribu- for 4 - 5 years, I am sure, God willing, the of research and technology dissemination. tion is tax deductible. land of the people of “Kom” will be useful This not only applies to vetiver, but to many again. Are there people who are willing to other technologies as well, particularly A Call For Help from aid us? is it possible for the World Bank to those relating to long term natural re- give us a loan or give a grant for such a sources sustainability. It is also evident that The Land of the People project. I would be very happy to have an the success of land use policy will depend assistant from overseas who is willing to directly to a land users willingness to look of Kom come to aid me in this development project. after the long term needs of the land. There -- If at the conference in Thailand (4 -8 Feb. is a lot to do. 1996) you could announce that (FARDP) Cameroon, West Africa Family Association Rural Development Funding Support For Project needs funds, transport, and volun- For three years now the Network has been teers who can come to aid in the soil con- The Vetiver in regular correspondence with Mr. servation work in Bamenda (Kom) North Ngwainmbi Simon who works at the Medi- West Province of Cameroon I shall be very Network cal Centers of West Africa, Maroua, BP 382, happy.......” Cameroon. He, with virtually no help, has The Vetiver Network needs your financial started vetiver programs with farmers. The We received this letter after the Thailand support to keep the Network alive and man is tested, he is committed to working conference. If you can, and are interested, strong. As you can see from the above list with vetiver to help his people reduce ero- please help. of potential uses there are many areas that sion. If any of you, particularly those that need information and support. There is a have operations in Cameroon, who read limit to what the Network can do, but in the this newsletter feel that you would like to Regional area of information collection and dissemi- support Ngwainmbi Simon please get in Networks nation of information about vetiver we can touch with him at the above address. I want do a lot. to share part of his most recent letter to Regional Networks are being established me: for Latin America and Europe: Currently, The Network has prepared a funding proposal, “The Vetiver Network “.......I learned a lot from your newsletters; The first formal network is now under es- Support Project”, which is being sent to po- I wish people could aid the project that I tablishment in Costa Rica and will serve tential donors around the world. The project want to start. In Bamenda it is all hills and Spanish speakers in Central and South consists of a request for funds for a three it is not easy for farmers. Rain water has America. It will be known as “The Latin year period: washed away all the top soil. The hills America Vetiver Network”. Detailed infor- (land) from which farmers used to have 10 mation is available in English and Span- • Establishment of at least five regional/ bags (400 kg) of maize can now can only ish. The Network will be managed and co- national networks. produce half to one bag (20 - 40 kg). This ordinated by Jim Smyle and his wife Joan • Start up support to NGOs to develop has resulted in some poor families having Miller. Jim was very instrumental in the pro- vetiver programs. to go 30 km in search of farms. The new duction of vetiver newsletters when he • Awards for good research. farms have again started producing less worked in Washington. He is also a direc- • Development of new technical videos. and less. This area is in trouble. Women tor of the Vetiver Network. • Revising and publishing “Vetiver will go out of their homes to stay out on Grass - A Hedge Against Erosion” their farms for one week, only to come Another formal network is under establish- • Printing and mailing of Vetiver News- home once a week to rest with the family. ment in Europe. It will be known as “Euro- letters This happens every year from March to pean Vetiver Network” (EVN). In coopera- • Administrative cost support for The June. Again from October to December tion with the Servizi Informatici Area di Network. during the harvest time. These same Milano of the Italian National Research women have to carry the maize 30 - 40 km Council, EVN provides the mirroring of the The total cost is estimated at US $500,000. to their homes — what a problem! Vetiver Network WWW pages at the URL: We hope to obtain most of the funds from www.siam.mi.cnr.it/Vetiver. European major donors, but we need support from I am sure that I have the answers to this users are invited to connect directly to the those users that can afford it, so if you think area, and that is Vetiver. I did try a section mirror. For further information please con- that the Network serves a useful purpose on the hill near the compound and it is do- tact the EVN coordinators Marco Troglia please help. If anyone needs a copy of the ing very well now. Again I have traveled to (E.mail: [email protected]) and funding proposal please let us know, and get Vetiver from this part of Cameroon Fulvio Naldi E.mail: [email protected]. The Network will send you a copy. (Maroua). It is more than 1,500 km from Bamenda, it takes two days and two nights Marco Troglia is managing a demonstra- The Vetiver Network has now been estab- to get from Maroua to Bamenda. My prob- tion project in Murcia (Spain) using the lished as a non profit charitable organiza- lem now is where to get a four wheel truck Vetiver grass for soil erosion control; the tion, with a board of 8 directors, and has to carry these seedlings to Bamenda. If project started in 1993, thanks to the finan- VETIVER NEWSLETTER #15 PAGE 2 cial contribution of the European Union, Joan Miller General Direction VI-Agriculture. Fulvio Coordinadora de la Red del Vetiver Letters to the Naldi is chief technologist at the Italian Apdo. 173-2020 National Research Council and works in the Centro Postal Zapote Editor field of networking and documentation. San José, Costa Rica Tel: 506 255 4011 ......Many thanks for your mail.
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