KONA Keeping your little bit of topsoil in place, or just protecting your land from erosion by wind, rain, floods or rising surf is an increasingly daunting challenge here in Hawaii. Along the coast ...

Vetiver, a grass imported from India, has begun to sprout up all around Costa Rica. From stabilizing slopes in private yards, to preventing erosion in major public works projects, to helping clean ...

Across a swathe of over 600 acres in New Chennai Township Private Limited (NCTPL) MARG Swarnabhumi, in Chengalpattu, a perennial grass has been pressed into service to lay the foundation of a net zero ...

We will support vetiver plantation on the banks of certain areas in Kochi which is the answer to water pollution and soil erosion. T Damu, vice-president, Indian Hotels Company, shares with City ...

A view of the hilly countryside of Paramin, an area in Trinidad and Tobago where locals have turned to vetiver to help stabilise the soil (Credit: Damir Ali) The Caribbean is bracing itself for an ...

Transparency Market Research (TMR) delivers key insights on the global vetiver oil market in its upcoming outlook titled, "Haitian Vetiver Oil Market-Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, ...

KOCHI: In Idukki’s hilly areas where the landslides were damaging property and rendering soil infertile, the local farmers have revived an age-old tradition of planting vetiver crops. The women of the ...