Papers by Richard Grimshaw
... 1995 Vetiver grass for soil and water conservation, land rehabilitation, and embankment stabi... more ... 1995 Vetiver grass for soil and water conservation, land rehabilitation, and embankment stabilization: a ... ISBN 821331442 En Vetiveria_nigritana, Nepal, Indian_Subcontinent, taxonomy, management, Vetiveria__spp, diseases, Northern_America, environmental_degradation ...
Networking has proven to be a very effective, low cost, worldwide approach for the dissemination ... more Networking has proven to be a very effective, low cost, worldwide approach for the dissemination and exchange of information about vetiver grass technology (VGT). As a result over the past decade tens of thousands of users have applied VGT as a solution to a wide range of environmental problems. VGT has had, among others, significant impact in improving soil and water conservation, stabilizing manmade (engineered) slopes, rehabilitating land, including mines, wasteland and ravines, preventing floods and recharging groundwater.
The basic Vetiver Grass Technology comprises a dense vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanioides L) hedg... more The basic Vetiver Grass Technology comprises a dense vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanioides L) hedgerow that is planted across the slope of the land or embankment. The hedgerow traps sediments, spreads out rain-water runoff, and provides though its roots significant reinforcement to the soil. Vetiver grass technology (VGT) is the basis of every application that are known collectively as the Vetiver System (VS). VS covers many applications and includes: soil and water conservation, land rehabilitation and gully control, slope stabilization, disaster mitigation, improvement of the interface of water and structures, water quality, remediation of polluted sites, agricultural uses, and other applications that are unrelated to the forgoing. VS applications are used to remedy past problems and prevent new problems re-occurring. This paper sets out the most important characteristics necessary for a plant to be useful for agricultural and biological engineering, and describes ten basic and key facts relating to VS that makes it an acceptable and safe technology for the mitigation of problems relating to soil and water. To avoid repetition, detailed information relating to the many different applications of VS has been left to other presentations at this conference.
Vetiver grass technology (VGT) is the basis of every application that are known collectively as t... more Vetiver grass technology (VGT) is the basis of every application that are known collectively as the Vetiver System (VS). VS covers many applications and include: soil and water conservation, land rehabilitation and gully control, slope stabilization, disaster mitigation, improvement of the interface of water and structures, water quality, remediation of polluted sites, agricultural uses, and other applications that are unrelated to the forgoing. VS applications are used to remedy past problems and prevent new problems re-occurring. The paper provides some general detail about the applications, their region of use, and supporting research.
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