Elise Pinners

This movie shows how management of Ano Farm (Western Ethiopia) used Vetiver System to reduce erosion and improve groundwater recharge. The results are higher crop yields and increased groundwater and regenerated water flow from springs.

Vetiver System has been successfully used in Ethiopia for Soil and Water Conservation for nearly 20 years. It was introduced by an Austrian NGO - Menschen fur Menschen - to farmers in Illubabor Province.

WMG staff provide technical assistance to Patchputewadi village, India. Vetiver grass is used as vegetative erosion control measure, planted on an eroding slope above a new water reservoir.

Hassan Ali, farmer in Ethiopia, showing his practice of contour hedgerows. The semi-permeable vegetative barriers benefit his crop not just by reducing runoff, keeping soil and moisture, but also by the nematode repelling impact of vetiver on his fruit trees.

Learn how Vetiver systems benefit tripical areas by stopping soil erosion on-farm, stabilizing slopes, protecting infrastructure, clarifying coastal waters, and protecting reefs. With fibrous roots penetrating vertically to 12-15', Vetiver grass is sterile and non-invasive.