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Regional Lessons Learnt Draft Final Report
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
Lake Victoria Basin is rich with current value placed at about US$ 12.4 billion and which could be developed further with good management intervention. There are many factors that are threatening rich biodiversity and ...
Biological control and monitoring of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, Marts. Solms-Laubach (Liliales: Ponteridiaceae) during the post-resurgence period in Lake Victoria basin, Kenya
(Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, LVEMP Water Hyacinth Control Component National Fibre Research Centre, Kibos, P O Box 1490, Kisumu, Kenya, 2005)
The paper presents recent results from an ongoing classical biological control programme for water hyacinth,
implemented by Kenya Agricultural Research Institute under the Lake Victoria Environmental Management
Project. ...
Potential of fungal pathogens for biological control of water hyacinth
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
A survey of fungal pathogens of water hyacinth were under taken in lakes Victoria and Kyoga and
River Nile in Uganda and several potential isolates including Alternaria eichhorniae (Nag Raj and
Ponnappa), Cercospora sp. ...
Soil and nutrient losses from major agricultural land-use practices in the Lake Victoria basin
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
Soil degradation by water erosion is recognized to be a major agricultural and environmental problem
in the Lake Victoria crescent. The objective of this study was to quantify runoff, soil and nutrient losses
from major ...
The potential of mukene (Rastrineobola argentea) fishery in Lake Victoria with suggestions for its management
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
Following the decline in catches of endemic fish species in Lake Victoria, Mukene, Rastrineobola
argentea has become an important commercial fish species. The fishery spread first through Kenyan,
and Tanzanian waters and ...
The role of reproductive strategies in recovery and success of selected fish species of Lake Victoria,Tanzania
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
selection of mates, parental care, environmental conditions, clutch size, gonadal maturation and genetic
differences in fitness. The present study which started in 1997 investigated factors which favour the
reproduction ...
Lesson learnt from land use management through Integrated Soil and Water Conservation (ISWC)
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
River Nyando is one of seven major rivers within the Kenyan side of the Lake Victoria
Drainage Basin. The other six rivers are Sio, Nzoia, Yala, Mara, Sondu-Miriu and Kuja-
Migori. The Nyando and Nzoia rivers have been ...
Status report on Lake Victoria frame surveys for 2000, 2002 and 2004-Tanzania
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
This is a report of the third simultaneous Frame Survey conducted on Lake Victoria on 27 - 30th April 2004. The survey was carried out simultaneously between the three partner states sharing Lake Victoria. It involved a ...
Status report on Lake Victoria frame surveys for 2000, 2002 and 2004-Kenya
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
Lake Victoria Frame Survey is a major activity under Statistical data collection systems of Fisheries Management Component of Lake Victoria Environment Management Program (LVEMP). It plays a vital role in the management ...
Regional Status Report on Lake Victoria Frame Surveys For 2000, 2002 and 2004, Kenya, Tanzania And Uganda
(2005)
Lake Victoria is very important to the economies of the East African Community Partner States. The fishery has undergone major transformations since fish catches increased following establishment of Nile perch (Lates ...