Development and Promotion of the Utilization of Vetiver Grass according to His Majesty's Initiative under the Responsibility of the 11th Infantry Regiment King's Guard

摘要

To fulfill His Majesty's initiative concerning the development and promotion of the utilization of vetiver grass, the 11th Infantry Regiment King's Guard has initiated a program based on:1. Planting of vetiver to prevent soil erosion within the army unit; 2.Setting up a centre to provide knowledge on vetiver among the army officers and their families, as well as the public and private agencies; 3. Launching a campaign among the officers and their families encouraging them to acquire the knowledge on vetiver ecotypes, maintenance, and benefits, and to extend the results among the soldiers, who are about to leave the army, so that they can adopt the knowledge gained on their own land at home; 4. Establishing a propagation center to supply vetiver tillers to other units and government agencies in the nearby areas. So far the program achievements included:1. Building demonstration plots of vetiver cultivation in various patterns and methods according to the royal initiatives beginning with the unit's main road; 2. Studying the ponds within the unit and the areas with soil erosion problem, as well as planting vetiver to conserve the areas; 3. Establishing the 11th Infantry Regiment King's Guard vetiver demonstration centre to extend the results and implement public relations activities to encourage the army officers, their families as well as the interested public to acquire the knowledge; 4. Propagating the vetiver tillers in 30 New Theory plots at the 11th Infantry Regiment King's Guard for use in the unit's activities; 5. Carrying out the public relations activities by organizing the "Vetiver Utilization Campaign Week", displaying the knowledge on vetiver and its advantages on bulletin boards in all army units, promoting an exchange of the knowledge and experiences on vetiver both in terms of technical aspects and utilization; 6. Executing the evaluation work every month within the unit to follow up the progress and the problems in order to seek their solutions.