Lake Victoria
Genetic diversity of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes along the shores of Lake Victoria in Tanzania and Kenya: implications for management
... depend much on the biogeographical limits of the target tsetse species in such a way that maximum benefit is gained from the natural barriers to reinvasion of the previ- ous controlled areas [5]. One factor that can ...
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PREDICTION OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF HOUSEHOLDS FOOD SECURITY IN THE LAKE VICTORIA REGION OF KENYA
... Much of the literature on food security focuses on developing and testing determinants of food insecurity at the household level (Maxwell, 1996). Mwita et al. (2007), investigated the relationship between the per capita ...
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Morphometric Relationships among the Clariid Fishes of the Lake Victoria Basin, Tanzania
... Lake Victoria, the largest tropical lake in the world, is shared between Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya (Figure ...The lake lies in a shallow continental sag between the two arms of the Great Rift ...
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Phytochemical Composition And Antibacterial Activity Of Eichhornia Crassipes In Lake Victoria, Kisumu
... Water hyacinth has emerged as one of the most aggressive aquatic weeds in the world and many efforts have been put into place to try and reduce its spread to manageable levels. Biological and chemical methods are in ...
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Customisation of the WRF Model over the Lake Victoria Basin in East Africa.
... Lake Victoria lies in Eastern Africa surrounded by Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda, and is one of the major sources of the ...the lake and those further downstream it supports millions of ...The ...
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Unforeseen misuses of bed nets in fishing villages along Lake Victoria
... Background: To combat malaria, the Kenya Ministry of Health and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have distributed insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) for use over beds, with coverage for children under five years of age ...
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A bottom-up understanding of illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in Lake Victoria
... Lake Victoria, a trans-boundary water body shared by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, is the largest freshwater lake in Africa (covering an area of about 68,800 km 2 ) and second only to Lake ...
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Factors contributing to the High Drop out of Girls in the Secondary Schools around Lake Victoria: A Case Study of Nyangoma Division in Siaya County, Kenya
... around Lake Victoria on the high drop out of girls in the secondary schools of Nyangoma Division in Siaya County in ...in lake regions to equip them with skills on ...
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Corporate Governance Practices and Financial Performance of Water Companies under Lake Victoria South Water Services Board, Kenya
... Good corporate governance structures are important to corporations as they enhance better performance (Campbell, 2007). Kamonjo (2014) study focused on corporate governance practices and their effects on Saccos’ ...
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Ecosystem Modifications (1956-2014) in Lake Victoria (East Africa): A Review
... 1) Higher DO concentration in upper layer during the 1990’s due to increase of phytoplankton biomass; 2) Lower DO concentration i.e. symptom of anoxia, in deep layer during the 1990’s. The increase of photosynthetic ...
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Relationship between fishing industry around Lake Victoria and enrollment of girls in secondary schools of Nyangoma Division, Siaya County, Kenya
... around Lake Victoria in Kenya, the industry attracted many school children to engage in fishing related activities in the ...around Lake Victoria and girls’ participation secondary schools of ...
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Genetic structure of Anopheles gambiae populations on islands in northwestern Lake Victoria, Uganda
... genetic structure was found among the island population (FST = 0.019) and between island and mainland popula- tions (FST = 0.003) situated from 3–20 km apart in the Western Kenya-Lake Victoria study [33]. ...
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Estimating potential evapotranspiration of a data scarce region: a case of lake victoria basin of Kenya
... the lake. The breezes are as a result of both heating and cooling of the land and water surfaces at different times of the day. According to Okeyo (1986), the day and night circulation induces low or high pressure ...
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The economic and environmental value of bagasse briquettes as an alternative source of energy in the lake Victoria Basin: A Case of Using Briquettes as an Alternative Source of Energy to Cure Tobacco
... The negative effects of tobacco to the environment starts right from crop development to processing and finally to consumption (WHO, 2013). More than 90% of tobacco in Kenya is grown and cured in the lake basin ...
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Modelling the water balance of Lake Victoria (East Africa) – Part 2: Future projections
... containing Lake Victoria and its ...the lake cells of the regridded CORDEX precipitation. Basin and lake cells are defined by using masks based on lake and basin shape ...
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Perceived Availability and Management of Garcinia buchananii Fruit Tree Species in the Lake Victoria Basin Districts of Rwanda and Uganda
... Abstract This study explored community knowledge on availability and management of Garcinia buchananii in the Lake Victoria Basin (LVB) districts of Rwanda and Uganda. Specifically, it was conducted in ...
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Performance of circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) urine dipsticks for rapid detection of intestinal schistosomiasis in schoolchildren from shoreline communities of Lake Victoria
... Around Lake Victoria, infection prevalence in schoolchildren can vary widely [1,2] and some areas have yet to be formally surveyed [3] so rapid assessment surveys are ...
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The Introduction of the Nile Perch into Lake Victoria and the Resulting Neo-Colonial Relationship
... Lake Victoria’s border countries are on the losing end of the Nile perch introduction policy because of their involvement with commercial industrial fisheries. The increased competition for Nile perch amongst a ...
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Ecological Devastation in Lake Victoria: Part B: Plankton and Fish Communities
... The Lake Victoria ecosystem was unique included above 400 endemic species of Haplochromine fishes. The food web structure was naturally balanced during that time with short periods of anoxia in deep waters ...
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Demographic Shifts Influencing the Political Landscape of the Lake Victoria Basin in Uganda
... Garbage management is one of the factors that have affected the voting patterns of the urban duelers. Despite interventions through community sensitization, and addressing inefficiencies in fleet management; solid waste ...
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