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  1. A generic model of social capital for tourism resource use, suitable livelihoods, and environmental conservation in Lake Victoria Wetlands
  2. The East African indigenous vegetables (AIV) project.
  3. An investigation into the impact of excavation for building construction materials on the environment and community livelihood in the Lake Victoria basin.
  4. Analysis of resource use conflicts and institutionalization of conflict management strategies in the Lake Victoria basin.
  5. Climate, animal and plant variability and their impact on livelihoods in the semi arid ecosystems of lake Victoria basin
  6. Community participatory interface for sustainable wetland conservation in upper catchments of Lake Victoria basin.
  7. Community based natural resources management strategies for food security, poverty reduction and environmental security in the mara river catchments (MRC), Lake Victoria basin.
  8. Constructed wetlands as combined tool for low cost wastewater treatment and income generation.
  9. Development of value added oil palm technologies in lake Victoria basin
  10. Monitoring ecological, socio-economic and Lake Victoria water quality changes following BIDCO palm oil project in Bugala Island.
  11. Effect of gender and HIV/AIDS on food/nutrition security and environmental conservation: A case of periphyton-based aquaculture in lake Victoria basin
  12. Effect of research, perception and the gender factor in adoption of soil conservation technologies: A holistic approach in Kagera and Nyando basins.
  13. Engendering environmental management policies for the conservation of wetlands and poverty reduction: the role of local government authorities in the Lake Victoria basin (LBV).
  14. Enhancement of sustainable aquaculture through provision of ameliorated fish feeds diets and management practice in Lake Victoria basin.
  15. Environmental and management factors influencing artemisinin content in Artemisia annua in lake Victoria basin
  16. Ethics and poverty reduction: An investigation into the factor of corruption and its impact on land management in lake Victoria basin
  17. Ethnographical bios prospecting for antimicrobials from herbal medicinal plants of L. Victoria basin as strategy for improving utilization in the control of childhood illness.
  18. Evaluation of agronomic and socio-economic benefits and cost associated with conservation agriculture in tropical farming system.
  19. Evaluation of effectiveness of applied communication option for dissemination of research findings for lake Victoria conservation
  20. Examining the impact of wood fuel consumption patterns and wetland agriculture on biodiversity in Lake Victoria basin.
  21. Gender based decision making in households’ drought risk coping mechanisms with in the lake Victoria basin
  22. Identification and extraction of active compounds in medical plants for improved marketability, conservation and demonstration in Lake Victoria basin.
  23. Impact of toxic heavy metals and bacterial contamination on Lake Victoria basin communities.
  24. Improving dietary diversification and income through integrated research on production and marketing of bamboo in Uganda and Tanzania.
  25. Improving household food security in rural areas through water harvesting and conservation in Lake Victoria.
  26. Improving household income in the peri-urban areas of the Lake Victoria basin through water conservation and agro-forestry techniques.
  27. Integrated approaches for management of the larger grain borers in the Lake Victoria region.
  28. Integrated resource utilization for sustainable development in majanji  and sio port catchments area.
  29. Integrating carbon, soil water management: a watershed pilot project in Nyando catchment (Kenya) and Palisa district (Uganda), Lake Victoria basin.
  30. Investigating options for integrating indigenous knowledge in the conservation of food and medicinal plants for improved livelihood in the Lake Victoria basin.
  31. Investigating the linkages between household poverty and land cover  characteristics in lake Victoria catchments
  32. Investigating the potential and challenges of pro-poor tourism department initiatives in the lake Victoria basin
  33. Investigating the relationship between proliferation of aquatic weeds and bilharzias in the lake Victoria basin
  34. Land fragmentation and its implication on environmental degradation and people’ livelihood in lake Victoria basin
  35. Overcoming the constraints of land degradation and water productivity in the Lake Victoria catchment.
  36. Pollution levels and risk assessment in lake Victoria
  37. Productivity measurements in the great lake fisheries: An application to the Lake Victoria fleets.
  38. Promoting up land rice adoption to mitigate the destruction of wetlands in the Lake Victoria basin.
  39. Promoting bamboo species for wetland conservation and as an alternative sustainable livelihood option in he lake Victoria basin
  40. Protecting of water quality pollution from agricultural runoff through rainwater harvesting in rural communities of lake Victoria basin
  41. Receding water levels of lake Victoria: An investigation of the influence of Climate Changes and human induced environmental degradation.
  42. Socio-economic and environmental implication of wetland degradation at household levels: A case of lake Victoria basin
  43. Socio-cultural resources in management and conservation of water catchment: Exploring the challenges affecting the environment of the lake Victoria basin
  44. Socio-economical roles and feeding values of indigenous trees and shrub in coffee/banana-livestock system of the lake Victoria
  45. Study of the Lake Victoria water levels changes and its effects on sustainable livelihoods in the lake region.
  46. Sustainable utilization of non-wood tree products and prioritization of tree species for poverty alleviation in the lake Victoria catchment region
  47. The effect of air pollutants on the livelihoods of people in the Lake Victoria basin.
  48. The impact of dietary cultures on morbidity among communities in Lake Victoria basin.
  49. The impact of mass movements (landslides) on the environment and socio-economic activities of the lake Victoria basin communities
  50. The influence of formal education on water resource management in the lake Victoria basin
  51. The study of biodiversity structure and conservation of selected wetlands eco-sites to ensure their co-existence with the communities in the lake Victoria basin
  52. Value addition and Agronomic evaluation of African leafy vegetables (ALVs)  on the lake Victoria basin
  53. Variation in trace elements in bottom sediments on river Kagera into lake Victoria basin
  54. Wetland reclamation and sustainable poverty alleviation in the lake Victoria basin: A case study of Dominion farms limited
  55. Women’s agricultural productivity in the lake Victoria basin
  56. An assessment of the impact of cultural briefs on land use management
  57. Toward integrated water resources management (IWRM) strategy in the Lake Victoria basin.
  58. Watershed management in Lake Victoria basin: Improving soil and water conservation technologies and approaches in Mau-Kenya and Nyungwe –Rwanda watersheds.
  59. Water scarcity and harvesting strategies: An assessment of the potential for fog water harvesting for domestic use in the lake Victoria basin
  60. Integrating solid waste management for improved environmental quality, income generation and poverty reduction.
  61. Bio-chemical composition of leachate from solid waste dumps and its ground water pollution point in small urban centers in the lake Victoria basin
  62. Investigation of the nutritive values of lakeshores papyrus and other wetland plants for livestock feeding in the Lake Victoria basin.
  63. Promotion of on farm conservation of indigenous crops for poverty reduction in the lake Victoria basin
  64. Towards utilization of weather and climate formation in improving water catchment management and conservation
  65. Biodiversity role and disease vector aspects of snails in wetlands on Lake Victoria basin.
  66. Enhancement land use productivity, value addition and commercialization of agricultural practices in the lake Victoria basin(LVB)
  67. The impact of house design and location on malaria transmission

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