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Vetiver handicraftsVetiver handicrafts::An innovative economic communityAn innovative economic community--based program based program implemented by the Polar Foundation in Venezuelaimplemented by the Polar Foundation in Venezuela

Dr. Dale Rachmeler

NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE VETIVER SYSTEM FOR SOIL &

WATER CONSERVATION, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION &

REHABILITATION IN ETHIOPIA

March 18, 2009

Principal objectives• Promote poverty alleviation at

the community level in innovative ways

• Promote a new look at traditional problems

Strategy• Generate employment in rural

FUNDACIÓN EMPRESAS POLAR

• Based on 15 years of experence in rural areas

• The Foundation was dedicated to support communities as they fought against the poverty in which they lived

Eleven states were selected for the promotion of Vetiver

• Making handicrafts

• Provide increased income

• Community participation

• Reducing rural poverty

• The program strives to introduce the technical aspects of vetiver fiber production and assure its widespread use

• Traditional handicrafts are usually made with:

Fiber use in Venezuela has a long history using

• Palm (Mauritia flexuosa, Euterpe spp)• Agave cactus (Agave cocui)• Wild pinapple (Ananas crectifolius)• Sisal (Agave sisalana)

Fiber use in Venezuela has a long history using

• Palm (Mauritia flexuosa, Euterpe spp)• Agave cactus (Agave cocui)• Wild pinapple (Ananas crectifolius)• Sisal (Agave sisalana)

Problems with traditional Problems with traditional fiber usefiber use

Hard to get to plantsHard to get to plants

Indiscriminate useIndiscriminate use

Uncontrolled stripping of Uncontrolled stripping of fibers from live plantsfibers from live plants

Overuse leads to its Overuse leads to its elimination from the elimination from the ecosystemecosystem

Vetiver: A Vetiver: A sustainblesustainblefiber for fiber for VenezuelaVenezuela

• Santa Rosa del Surestado Carabobo

• Güigüeestado Carabobo

• Aguirreestado Carabobo

• Cervecería Polarestado Carabobo

• Malpica El Toroestado Aragua

• Santa Cruzestado Aragua

• Planta San Pedroestado Miranda

• Birongoestado Miranda

• Cervecería Polarestado Anzoátegui

• Palmonagasestado Monagas

• Total Venezuelaestado Monagas

• CVG BauxilumLos Pijiguaosestado Bolívar

• Canagua-MARNestado Mérida

• Lomas de Bonillaestado Trujillo

• Cuicasestado Trujillo

• La Marroquinaestado Yaracuy

• Hato Viejoestado Yaracuy

• Nirgua MARNestado Yaracuy

Social Impact• Creates partnerships• Promotes social values• Strengthens rural

organizations• Promotes integration of

social groups by increasing their incomes

• Strengthens family and community relationships

Agricultural Impact• Improved management practices• Sustainable fiber production• Landscape phytoremediation• Improved yields

Impact on Handicraft Production

• Easy to learn technology• Fiber can be dyed - tinted• Fiber can be combined with

other materials• Fiber is resistent to pests• Sustainable production is low

cost• Plants are easily accessible• It is very well adapted to the

Venezuela environment

Environmental impact• Increases soil fertility• Improves water quality• Reduces pressure on other

fiber species suject to overuse

Institutional Impact• It is an replicable model• Permits technology transfer• Is sustainable over time• It encourages research• Generates a

multidisciplinary approach to problem solving

Institutional Impact• Does not require major

investments in equipment or tools

• Local expertise can be used to improve products

• Responds to community needs for institutional frameworks

• Revenue generation is rapid as products can be sold locally

• Allows for individual modification and personalization

Tools for market promotion• Expo sales events• Academic promotion• Media sales publicity• Print advertising• Corporate promotion• Word-of-mouth

Lessons learned• Must link production with

actual sales• Quality control is important• Take advantage of self-

worth to motivate high quality production

• Sales channels must be defined and fine-tuned

• Production units need strengthening

• Interventions must be more than just short-term help

Lessons learned• Strengthening transportation

and market access is important• Technical support must be

community based, not-top down

• Difficult to create community based production and marketing organizations easily

• Large investments are not needed

• Accessible to all interested• Difficult to meet high demand

with diverse production capacity

Steps to create a communitySteps to create a community--based project in Venezuelabased project in Venezuela

Identifying trainers

Introductory sessions

Capacity building training

Select production sites carefully

Assure fiber availability

Test the market demand

Define labor speciality needs

Number of families and individuals involved during 2002Number of families and individuals involved during 2002--20062006

# of individuals

# of families

Direct and indirect employment generated during 2001Direct and indirect employment generated during 2001--20062006

Number of expositions held during the period 2001Number of expositions held during the period 2001--20062006

Number of companies

Number of slips planted during 2001Number of slips planted during 2001--20062006

FUNDACIÓN EMPRESAS POLARLa artesanía de vetiverUna alternativa innovadora para el desarrollo de comunidadesLa artesanía de vetiverUna alternativa innovadora para el desarrollo de comunidades

ConclusionsConclusions

It is definitely possible to directly contribute to the improvement of poor rural communities economically, socially, environmentally and culturally

Conclusions• Economic improvement

occurs in the relative short to medium term

• Solves issues dealing with unsustainable use of natural fibers

• Forms a part of environmental protection programs

• Can help to improve water quality at the community level

“The use of vetiver fiber as a raw material for handicraft production in poor communities, not only generates additional income - often the only income -it links the communities in shared activities ... This contrasts with traditional approaches in which farmers are encouraged to plant vetiver and not serve as an environmental project to earn money through the production of handicrafts.”

Dr. Narong Chomchalow (2004)

Thank you

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