Fertilizer Shocks, Fragile Farms, and the Case for Field Resilience
Fertilizer price shocks show how fragile many farming systems have become. Vetiver is not a replacement for good agronomy, but it can help farmers retain soil, water, and nutrients.
Vetiver holds ground when nothing else does.
VSF helps communities and local partners use vetiver to protect soil, water, and fragile land — across Africa, Latin America, and beyond.
Learn what vetiver is
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. Its roots reach 3–5 metres deep — that depth is what holds a hillside through heavy rain.
Proof in the ground, season after season.
Across nurseries, slopes, and community sites, VSF follows how vetiver takes root and how fragile land begins to recover.
Concrete. Field-tested. Every dollar tracked.
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Field projects on multiple continents.
VSF works with communities and local partners in Africa, Latin America, and beyond. Each site adapts the Vetiver System to local soils, rainfall patterns, and land conditions on the ground.
Stories from the sites where vetiver is working.
From Fire to Future: Understanding and Breaking the Cycle of Slash-and-Burn Agriculture
From Fire to Future: Breaking the Cycle of Slash-and-Burn Agriculture In the Congo Basin, millions of smallholder farmers face an impossible choice: feed their families today or…
Bamboo and Vetiver: The Resilience Revolution
A field example of how bamboo and vetiver worked together at Yantze Farm.