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    • Scientific findings August 1997-June 2002 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2002)
      Water hyacinth –Eichhornia crassipes (mart) Solms (Pontederiaceae), is widely recognized as the world worst aquatic weed. Likewise, water hyacinth is considered to be the most serious aquatic weed in Tanzania. This free ...
    • Soil and nutrient losses from major agricultural land-use practices in the Lake Victoria basin 

      Majaliwa, JGM; Magunda, MK; Tenywa, MM; Musitwa, F (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 ...
    • Some aspects of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (L.) population characteristics in Lake Victoria, Kenya 

      Njiru, M; Okeyo-Owour, JB; Muchiri, M; Cowx, IG (2005)
      Length frequency data collected from commercial landings were used to estimate growth parameters, mortality (Z, F, M), growth performance index (f’) and exploitation rate (E) in O. niloticus from the Nyanza Gulf of Lake ...
    • Status report on Lake Victoria frame surveys for 2000, 2002 and 2004-Kenya 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (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 ...
    • Status report on Lake Victoria frame surveys for 2000, 2002 and 2004-Tanzania 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (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-Uganda 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) 2004 (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
      Lake Victoria is economically very important to the East African Partner States. The fishery has undergone major transformations since fish catches increased following establishment of Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and ...
    • Strategic Action Plan (SAP) for the Lake Victoria Basin 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2007)
      This Strategic Action Plan (SAP) report for the Lake Victoria Basin (LVB) covers Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. It was commissioned by the EAC Secretariat as part of the preparation for the LVEMP II project. ...
    • A study of impacts of fishing pressure on Nile perch fishery on Lake Victoria (Uganda) using fisher folk community collected data 

      Katurole, G; Wadanya, J (Fisheries Resources Department, P.O. Box 4, Entebbe, Uganda, 2011)
      Fishery management on Lake Victoria in Uganda is constrained by lack of an effective fishery monitoring and regulatory mechanism, coupled with inadequate budgetary allocations to the fisheries sub-sector. This has led ...
    • Study on Agrochemical Handling and Use in Magu District 

      Nyanda, Musabila K (2002)
      This reports on a study on handling and use of agro-chemicals in Magu District, Mwanza Region, Tanzania. It has been found that there is misuse and improper handling of the chemicals. Farmers lack enough knowledge of the ...
    • Study on Water quality & human health Around Lake Victoria 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (2004)
      Much has been achieved during LVEMP1 in terms of the countries’ understanding of the Lake Victoria ecosystem, but still there is a limited knowledge of the water quality in various parts (particularly bays) of the Lake ...
    • Summaries of research findings under buffering capacity of Wetlands sub-component 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)
      The aim of the assessment was to identify location, type and size of wetlands in the Tanzanian part of Lake Victoria basin including both fringing and non-fringing wetlands. Assessment of fringing wetlands has been completed ...
    • Survey and Mapping of Land Use/Cover and Erosion Hazard in Lake Victoria Basin 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2001)
      This study has provided the spatial extent and magnitude of the soil erosion in the basin and identifies priority areas for immediate interventions. Such areas are referred in this report as hot-spot areas. It has also ...
    • Synthesis Report On Fisheries Research And Management 

      Mgaya, YD (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
      Lake Victoria is the largest tropical lake in the world with a surface area, 68,800 km2 (Bootsma and Hecky 1993). The lake is shared by three countries, with 51% share in Tanzania, 43% in Uganda, and 6% in Kenya. Its land ...
    • Tanzania National Water Quality Synthesis Report 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
      The Water quality and Ecosystem Management Component of the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) in Tanzania for the past five years have made a considerable progress towards understanding Lake Victoria ...
    • Traditional Uses of Cyperus Papyrus (L) and Associated Problems at Simiyu Fringing Wetland of Lake Victoria, Mwanza region, Tanzania 

      Katondo, Josiah M (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)
      A study was conducted during 1999/2000 period with the view of determining: traditional uses; associated problems; and strategies for sustainable utilization of papyrus around Simiyu wetland fringing Speke Gulf of Lake ...
    • Traditional wetland practices in rural communities in Uganda 

      Iyango, L; Kiwazi, F; Tindamanyire, T; Kaganzi, E; Busulwa, H; Mafabi, P (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
      One of the major ways to develop policies and guidelines for sustainable use of wetlands is through a better understanding of their traditional uses. This is because traditional management systems are based on indigenous ...
    • Transboundary Lake Basin Management: Laurentian and African Great Lakes 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2011)
      The twinning of lake-governance systems offers unconventional learning opportunities. It allows twinned organizations to learn from each other’s mistakes and use that information to explain to stakeholders why a ...
    • Variation of flow of water from Rivers Nzoia, Yala and Sio into Lake Victoria 

      Sangale, Felix; Okungu, John; Opango, Peterlis (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2011)
      The continuous collection of both hydrological and Meteorological data has been a problem in most areas of the world. Therefore, such data normally have gaps in the time series. For proper water quality management of any ...
    • The Vision and Strategy Framework for Management and Development of Lake Victoria Basin 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2003)
      Lake Victoria is the world’s second largest fresh-water lake and the largest in Africa, with a surface area of 68,800 km2. The Lake basin area covers 193,000 km2 with Tanzania occupying 44 per pent, Kenya 22 per pent, ...
    • Water Hyacinth Infestation in Ponds and Satellite Lakes in the Lake Victoria Basin on Tanzania: Status and Efforts to Manage it. 

      Ndunguru, J; Mjema, P; Rajabu, CA; Katagira, F (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2001)
      A survey was conducted in ponds and satellite lakes in the lake Victoria basin in March 2000 to ascertain the presence of water hyacinth and its effect to the communities and the environment. Out of 14 (12 ponds and 2 ...