Vetiver Grass-A World Technology and Its Impact on Water

摘要

This paper recognizes the important work of worldwide Vetiver researchers and developers. It describes how Vetiver has developed as world technology over four phases of application: soil and water conservation in poor rural areas; infrastructure stabilization; rehabilitation of difficult and often polluted sites; and lastly water quality enhancement and site rehabilitation in relation to industry and intensive commercial agricultural. The paper then goes on to describe how the Vetiver System~TM Can be used for water conservation and water quality enhancement as applied in the broad categories of upper, middle and lower watershed areas. The paper reviews some progress in technology dissemination and the increasing role of the private sector. Finally the paper looks at some changes in the Vetiver Network and introduces a new program of certification that will recognize those who excel in research and development of the Vetiver Sys tem~TM.