Environmental flow assessment (efa), Mara River basin

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Subjects / Keywords:: Environmental flow assessment
Water quality
Transboundary
River
Building Block Methodology
Water management
Planning

Abstract:: "Current trends of agricultural production in the basin are unsustainable because they usually cause large-scale land degradation, loss of watershed function, damage to aquatic ecosystems, fisheries and biodiversity, pollution and poor health. The total sum of these effects has important implications for the productivity of the lake and the surrounding basin. Numerous attempts have been made to stem the increasing erosion, e.g. through afforestation and reforestation programmes. The main practice causing the erosion, however, is the soil disturbance occasioned by conventional agriculture on fragile lands and steep slopes. A promising technology to combat this is conservation agriculture (CA), which ensures minimal disturbance of the land, by using no or minimum tillage, covering the soil with organic mulch and rotation of crops with legumes. This report presents findings from a six-month research project: ‘Exploring the potential impacts of CA in the Lake Victoria Basin’. A major aim of this research was to assess the wider potential impacts of CA within the basin. The information and knowledge generated is vital for decision makers. It will enable them to make informed decisions about including CA in the agricultural strategies and policies of the riparian countries."

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