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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Lake Victoria"”.
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Assessment of Income Tax Potential on Fisheries Activity in Lake Victoria
This study aimed at exploring the Role of Succession Planning on effective Organisational work performance. A study was carried out in five public and private organisations in the Coast region. These organisations include, The NMB Kibaha branch, TTCL - Kibaha, Kibaha Education Centre, NSSF- Kibaha …
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Genetic Characterization of the Genus ‘Barbus’ (Cyprinidae) in the Lake Victoria Drainage System, Kenya
… heterogeneous assemblage of cyprinid fish. In Lake Victoria drainage basin in Kenya, ten endemic species of ‘Barbus’ are reported, which play a significant role in food security and socio-economic development of the local community. Although these species are identified using morphological …
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Poverty in the fisheries : a framework for analysis and intervention for Lake Victoria, Uganda
… has persisted among the fishing communities of Lake Victoria at a time of considerable cash inflow into thefisheries from the development of the fish processing industry. There has been need for an understanding of the poverty and what strategies would be most appropriate for its reduction. This …
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Exploitation and management of the artisanal fisheries in the Ugandan waters of Lake Victoria
The fisheries resources of Lake Victoria support the livelihoods to the lakeside rural communities and are vital to the economies of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, especially through fish exports. Management decisions to enable long-term sustainable exploitation of these fisheries require appropriate …
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Perceptions of HIV and Safe Male Circumcision in high HIV prevalence fishing communities on Lake Victoria, Uganda
… facilitators to SMC in fishing communities along Lake Victoria. Methods: We conducted 8 focus group discussions, stratified by sex and age, with 67 purposefully sampled participants in 4 communities in Kalangala District, Uganda. Results: There was universal knowledge of the availability of SMC …
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An ecosystem-based approach to balancing cage aquaculture, capture fisheries, and biodiversity conservation in Lake Victoria, Kenya
Lake Victoria is known for its cichlid fish species flock of 500 or more, which have been drastically decreased due to mass extinction. The lake's fisheries transformed from artisanal to industrial, with exotic species displacing the indigenous flock, changes linked to local and global …
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Planning for sustainable tourism development in the Lake Victoria shore region of Uganda : a physical environment planning approach
… tourism development could be achieved in the Lake Victoria shore region of southern Uganda, based on the physical environment indicators of sustainable tourism. This arose out of the observation that tourism in this region was developing in an unplanned manner which was likely to be …
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Dynamics of Forest Cover Extent, Forest Fragmentation and Their Drivers in the Lake Victoria Crescent, Uganda From 1989 to 2009
… enhancing sustainable forest management in the Lake Victoria crescent, Uganda. Several methodologies including remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems techniques, analysis of landscape patterns and various social science techniques were integrated in working towards the stated goal. …
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An Investigation of the Role of Lake Surface Temperature on Precipitation Over Lake Victoria Basin using a Limited-area Numerical Model.
North Carolina State University Theses Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.
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Geology of the Late Pleistocene artifact-bearing Wasiriya Beds at the Nyamita locality, Rusinga Island, Kenya.
… on Rusinga Island, Kenya in northeastern Lake Victoria. Little is yet known about this region during the Pleistocene. This study provides geological context for archaeological research of the stone artifacts in the Wasiriya Beds, for the paleontological work on the fauna of these beds, and …
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Haya worldview and ethos: An ethnography of alcohol production and consumption in Bukoba, Tanzania
… Haya, a Bantu-speaking people who live west of Lake Victoria in northern Tanzania. It is based on field research conducted near Bukoba, administrative center of the Kagera Region (summer 1984, reconnaissance; January-June 1986), and archival research in Tanzania and London (December 1985; July …
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Factors concerning the effective use of life saving equipment in Uganda and low-middle income countries.
… jacket use amongst the fishing communities of Lake Victoria, and the possibility of reducing drowning events using design and innovation. Research is focused on: life jackets, risk, beliefs, culture, legislation, and education. A pragmatic approach using quantitative and qualitative research …
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The Influence of Policy Discourses on multilevel water governance: a case study of the Equatorial Nile Basin
… revolve around the Nile Basin Initiative and the Lake Victoria Basin Commission, shape the design and implementation of multilevel water governance in the Basin. Actors from both policy networks frame water resources management along the following three frames: environmental risk, governance, and …
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Status of Northen Leaf Blight, Phaeosphaeria maydis Leaf Spot, Southern Leaf Blight, Rust, Maize Streak Virus and Physiologic Specialization of Exserohilum turcicum in Kenya
… District. Maize streak virus was severe in the Lake Victoria region of western Kenya, central areas of Kenya and in the Coast. This disease was severe where Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) with streak like symptoms was near the infected maize plots. Individual cultures of Exserohilum …
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Towards a Pangenome Perspective on the Lake Malawi Cichlid Radiation
The cichlid fishes in the East African Rift lakes are one of nature’s most spectacular vertebrate radiations and form an excellent system to study the evolutionary process of speciation. Lake Victoria, Malawi and Tanganyika are each home to hundreds of species with a wide spectrum of sizes, …
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Model based assessment of potential impacts of climate change on the flow of the main headwaters of the Nile River: Equatorial Lakes Region and Blue Nile Basins
… main headwaters of the Nile River: Equatorial Lakes Region and Blue Nile basins (Under the direction of Dr. Richard Anyah).</p> <p>Spatially and temporally detailed assessment of the hydrologic processes of the main sources of the Nile River headwaters (Blue Nile basin and Equatorial Lakes …
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