Wetlands support livelihoods of communities living around them as in the Nyando Papyrus Wetland in Kenya. The Nyando Papyrus Wetlands provide multiple resources hence there are multiple uses and users who often overlap ...

Studies of the food of introduced Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.) with respect to size, habitat and season were conducted between November 1998 and October 2000 in Kenyan waters of Lake Victoria. Stomach contents ...

Oreochromis variabilis (Boulenger), a fish species endemic to Lake Victoria, was abundant, forming an important component of the indigenous fisheries stocks before and up to the late-1950s. Catches declined drastically ...

The impact of agro-industrial activities on the water quality within River Nyando, Lake Victoria Basin was studied at different hierarchical levels between August 1997 and June 1999. Triplicate water samples were collected ...

Experiments were set to determine the effect of monthly and seasonal harvesting on temporal papyrus population density. Mean initial culm count was 21.6±2.26/m2. Initial culm counts varied across sites, but spatial ...

A total of 17 bivalve species belonging to 13 families were collected and identified in Malindi and Mombasa Marine National Parks; and Kanamai from Oct.'97 to Mar.'98. Bivalve fauna showed low densities (2/m2), and low ...

Objective: malaria vector control is either by adult or larvae management. This study reports on the effective dose of crude ethanol and aqueous extracts of leaf and mature green fruits of Endod; Phytolacca dodecandra (L’ ...

Introduction: Plant extracts are an attractive target for search of effective malaria vector control agents. The reason for this is that they present a cost effective, target specific and bio-degradable insecticides. The ...

In Kenya, tobacco is grown in several counties like Migori, Bungoma and Meru counties, the largest producer being China, followed by the USA and India. Whereas tobacco industry argues that tobacco cultivation is a lucrative ...

Most water utilities lose significant amounts of water in their distribution systems due to leakages, illegal consumption or accounting errors. These water losses are referred to as Non-Revenue Water (NWR) by the ...