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VETIVER IN GUATEMALA

15 YEARS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Guatemala

By Leonel Castro.

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FOUNDATION OF THE COMPANY

Leader in Guatemala for Vetiver System and -R&D-

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TWO HUNDRED TOUSAND SQUARE METERS TREATED WITH VETIVER SYSTEM.

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SPEAKER AROUND THE WORLD TO SPREAD THE WORD.

Participation by invitation in plenty coferences as speaker: India, Colombia, Spain, USA, New Zeland, Vietnam, South Africa (Acompanied of Rolly Nofke and Paul Truong)

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CARBON BRICKS

This idea was obtained by Joan Copin in Madagascar. In Guatemala was done with succes and presented to potential users.

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CARBON DIOXIDE FOOTPRINT OF VETIVER

A reaserch was conducted by a private and specialized company to determinate CO2 footprint of our Vetiver farm. The balance reported was favorable on emissions.

  • Biomass: 9.7 Kg. / 1 ​​m² / weighed 60 days later.
  • Annual carbon footprint:

a. Study area: 2.5 hectares.

b. Emissions: 27.21 tons of CO2.

c. It captures 39.78 tons of CO2.

c. Balance: -12.46 tons of CO2.

Results:

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EROSION CONTROL ROLLS OUT OF VETIVER

Bio Rolls for erosion control were made out of vetiver leaf as stuff.

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EROSION CONTROL ROLLS OUT OF VETIVER

Bio Rolls for erosion control were made out of vetiver leaf as stuff.

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EROSION CONTROL ROLLS OUT OF VETIVER

Bio Rolls for erosion control were made out of vetiver leaf as stuff.

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EROSION CONTROL ROLLS OUT OF VETIVER

Bio Rolls for erosion control were made out of vetiver leaf as stuff.

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WASTE WATER TREATMENT WITH VETIVER

Waste water was treatead with vetiver system in a small urban comunity.

Source: PTAR ERIS, USAC, zona 13

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ARTESAN HANDYCRAFT PROJECT IN RURAL COMUNITIES.

Communities subjected to main slope protection projects were trained on handycraft skills.

Artesán

Circular economy model

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TEN METERS LONG VETIVER ROOT WITH MERVE

The metodology MERVE (From its acronymun in spanish, Método efectivo para extracción de raíces de Vetiver)

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TEN METERS LONG VETIVER ROOT WITH MERVE

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TEN METERS LONG VETIVER ROOT WITH MERVE

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POSTGRADUATE THESIS. PROPOSAL OF PUBLIC POLICY ON VETIVER FOR GUATEMALAN LAWFRAME.

A post graduate thesis was made to propose the usage of Vetiver System nation wide in Guatemala.

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See you at ICV8th.

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