Browsing 2. EAC Institutions by Title
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HIV Sero-behavioural Study in the Fishing Communities along Lake Victoria in Uganda
(2010)The survey fieldwork was conducted in forty six fishing communities of the Lake Victoria Basin of Uganda in August 2010. The main aim was to establish HIV prevalence among fishing communities, the associated drivers of ... -
HIV Sero-behavioural Study In Two Agricultural Plantations In Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya
(2010)The HIV and AIDS pandemic remains a global public health challenge. By the year 2009, an estimated 33.3 million people were living with HIV and there were 2.6 million new infections in the same period. Sub-Saharan Africa ... -
HIV/AIDS in the fisheries communities of Lake Victoria: a strategic action plan 2006
(LVFO, 2006-11)HIV/AIDS remains a serious challenge within East Africa, none more so than for the fishing communities of Lake Victoria. Despite HIV/AIDS being first confirmed in the region within the fishing communities of Lake Victoria, ... -
Household Welfare Impacts of the Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) in the Kenyan Side of Lake Victoria
(2002)Lake Victoria is an important source of livelihood for not only Kenyans residing next to it but the rest of East Africa and The Great Nile Valley. Nevertheless, Lake Victoria and therefore the livelihood of fishermen ... -
ICAO Secretary General visits CASSOA
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Identification and mapping of ecologically sentive areas(ESAS) in Lake Victoria
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Impact of Livestock Grazing to Fringing Wetlands of Lake Victoria (Tanzania Experience)
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2002)A baseline study was carried out in October/November 1999 to assess the impacts of Livestock grazing on the fringing wetlands of Lake Victoria on the Tanzanian side. Two villages bordering the Western Corridor of the ... -
The impact of natural disasters, due to environmental change, on the livelihood of the Lake Victoria basin
(Department of Meteorology University of Nairobi, 2004)The major forms of disasters include: Droughts, Floods, Terrorism, Landslides, HIV/AIDS and disease epidemics, Transport accidents, Fires/industrial hazards and pollution. There are other extreme outbreaks of diseases, ... -
The Impact of Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia Crassipes) on the Productivity, Profitability and Species Composition of the Lake Victoria fishery, Kenya
(School of Environmental Studies (Economics), 2003)One of the sectors gravely hampered by water hyacinth (WH) on L. Victoria (Kenya) is the fishery sector. This has prompted the need to develop an approach for modeling impacts of WH on fish production. The main objective ... -
Impact of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms-Laubach, on the fishery of Lake Victoria, Kenya
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)Due to heavy infestation of water hyacinth in Lake Victoria catches of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell) and Protopterus aethiopicus (Heckel), which strongly decreased in the 1980s, increased markedly in 1998. Tilapia catches ... -
The importance of Nyando river wetlands plant resources and agricultural products: A comparative study of papyrus and rice
(2003)This study assessed the community perceptions of the importance of wetland plants, particularly papyrus (Cyperus papyrus) and compared it with that of agricultural products, mainly rice (Oryza Sativa), in the Nyando River ... -
In corp orating a consensus -based approach as a tool for sustainable fisheries management and stock rebuilding
(LVFO, 2013)Consensus based fisheries approach and sustainable fisheries managment -
Indigenous knowledge and Baseline Data survey on Fish Breeding areas and seasons in Lake Victoria – Kenya
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2001)Available baseline data and indigenous knowledge on Lake Victoria fisheries were used to identify potential fish breeding areas and seasons for subsequent scientific verification, demarcation and closure. River mouths, ... -
Information and Communication Technology Policy Plan (2009/10 – 2014/15)
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Information from radio telemetry on movements and exploitation of naturalized rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), in Kenya cold water streams
(2000)Rainbow trout populations in Kenya streams have declined rapidly over several decades. Therefore, we studied movements of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), in two third order streams (the Sagana and Thego) ... -
Integrated Soil and Water Conservation (ISWC) final report on lessons learnt
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)Introduction The Lake Victoria Basin represents a good scenario of environmental problems related to human activities on land. Land degradation in the lake basin is of major concern, not only for the healthy of the lake, ... -
Integrating Family Planning/Reproductive Health and Environmental Conservation Policies and Programmes in East Africa
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2013)This report presents and summarizes the presentations and discussions that took place during the symposium entitled “Population Health and Environment: “Integrating Family Planning/Reproductive health and Environmental ... -
Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA): Academic Staff Mobility Policy Framework
(2015-01)The Staff Exchange Programme is a strategic intervention for enhancing sharing of human resources among universities in the region, and for the promotion of regional integration. The Programme aims at strengthening ...