ESTABLISHMENT OF VETIVER GRASS NURSERY AND HEDGEROWS FOR CONTROL OF EUTROPHICATION IN LAKE VICTORIA

Decline of native fishery on Lake Victoria, compels lakeside communities to engage in farming on fragile landscapes and on soils prone to erosion. Excess soil nutrients especially phosphorous attached to soil particles are washed down to the lake by runoff causing eutrophication, a process that triggers the growth and spread of Water Hyacinth Weed (Eichhornia crassipes) on the lake’s surface. This paper seeks to impart skills among farmers in application of Vetiver Grass Technology for control of runoff in their crop fields and sediment control at selected sites. A paper preseted during the training workshop of farmers at UMEA Kikondo Primary School on 4th May 2019.