Browsing Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project Phase I (LVEMP I) by Subject "Water hyacinth"
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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. ... -
The Biology and Impact of Neochetina Weevils on Water Hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes in Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya
(2004)Lake Victoria, like other large lakes in the world, is a shared resource and forms an international boundary between Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. It is the second largest fresh water lake in the world with an area of 69,0000 ... -
Comparative study of hatching rates of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus Burchell 1822) eggs on different substrates
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)The choice of incubation substrate materials is one of the major factors to consider in the production of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) fingerlings. There was significant difference between the hatching rates of ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Lessons learnt: water hyacinyh control component
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)The Water Hyacinth Control Component (WHCC) is one of the 10 components of LVEMP. The overrall goal of the components‟ focus is to control water hyacinth by reducing the weed to a manageable level. The approach chosen was ... -
Natural occurrence and potential of pathogenic fungi for integrated management of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms-Laubach: Pontederiaceae, in Lake Victoria.
(School of Environmental Studies Moi University, 2002)These studies were conducted to determine the natural occurrence of pathogenic fungi assciated with water hyacinth in Lakes Victoria and Naivasha in Kenya. The aim was to investigate the potential of integrating some of ... -
Review of the impact of water hyacinth on Lake Victoria: the case of Winam Gulf, Kenya.
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)Water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, invaded Lake Victoria in 1989 and has had significant social, economic and environmental impacts, which remain largely unquantified. The biological control administered by Kenya ... -
Scientific findings August 1997-June 2002
(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 ... -
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 ... -
Water Hyacinth Infestation in Ponds and Satellite Lakes in the Lake Victoria Basin on Tanzania: Status and Efforts to Manage it.
(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 ...