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Welcome to Vetiver Without Borders

Helping communities stabilize fragile land and manage water with vetiver.

VSF helps communities and local partners use vetiver to protect soil, water, and land in real conditions.

That work supports practical land restoration, local resilience, and solutions people can keep using on the ground.

Vetiver planted along a roadside to stabilize land and protect surrounding soil.
Vetiver Sans Frontieres

VSF

A practical plant matters when it helps protect fragile land without heavy infrastructure.

Before / after

Before and after comparison from the field.

What is vetiver?

A deep-rooted grass for soil and water protection.

Vetiver is a practical grass used around the world to slow runoff, hold soil in place, and make fragile ground easier to manage.

VSF helps communities learn, test, and apply vetiver-based solutions through field support, project partnerships, and clear public examples.

01

Why it stands out

It is low-cost, resilient, and adaptable across many soils and climates, so the idea can travel without heavy infrastructure.

02

What it can do

Reduce erosion, stabilize slopes, improve infiltration, and protect roads, fields, and vulnerable land.

03

How VSF helps

We support education, site design, planting, and the follow-through needed to make the work stick.

04

What comes next

Visitors can learn, support a project, partner, or propose a new initiative once they understand the plant.

Proof points

Working references VSF uses to explain why vetiver can help.

Treat these as working references from donor and project materials. They are reported figures, not universal guarantees, and should stay labeled that way until a source link or validation is attached.

90%

Reported soil-loss reduction

A cited benchmark VSF uses to describe reported soil-loss reduction from vetiver hedgerows on vulnerable ground. Results vary by site and management.

70%

Reported runoff reduction

A cited benchmark used to explain how vetiver can help water stay where it is needed. Treat it as a reported reference, not a promise.

357 CAD$/ha

Cost reference

A planning reference for comparing vetiver-based work with heavier infrastructure; verify before broad promotion and keep it context-specific.

How VSF helps

Turn understanding into practical field action.

Your support helps VSF deliver site planning, local training, pilot support, and follow-through for communities using vetiver.

How VSF helps

Learn

Vetiver is explained clearly and concretely, so first-time visitors can see how it protects soil and water.

Test

Projects are shaped around site conditions so the solution fits the problem rather than forcing a generic template.

Support

If you want to help, your support goes toward field work, project visibility, and long-term follow-through.

RDC project hub

Vetiver in the Congo Basin

This hub turns a real field initiative into a public home for donors and partners. It keeps the story and support together while sensitive operating details stay in working docs.

How to help

Support the work that protects soil, water, and land.

Donate, partner, propose a project, or stay connected to the field work.

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Current work

See active projects.

Discover active field work and the places where support is already making a difference.

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Newsletter

Stay close to the projects on the ground.

Receive field updates, project stories, and important milestones from Vetiver Without Borders.

A concise way to follow progress without relying on social media.

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