The Role of Utilizing Water Hyacinth as Mulch: The Case of Bora Woreda, East Shewa Zone, Ethiopia

Biruk Gobena and Mohammed Berhanu
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Mohammed Berhanu: Environmental Pollution Management Research Directorate, Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Institute, Ethiopia

International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, 2019, vol. 16, issue 2, 39-40

Abstract: Water hyacinth is one of the world’s worst aquatic weed that infests rivers, dams, lakes, wetlands and irrigation channels. It is aggravating losses of biodiversity through competing for nutrients with native species and habitat along with altering the physical environment specifically the water reservoirs. The cross-sectional study was done to quantify the role of utilizing water hyacinth as mulch at Bora woreda, May 2018. Data was collected using the observational checklist and questioner, and analyzed using Microsoft Excel Version 2010. The Bora Woreda farmers are cleansing more than six hectares of water hyacinth annually and meanwhile, they are saving about 6400.00 ETB per one hectare of onion cultivation land per year. The local farmers become a source of the possible solution to control water hyacinth attacking Koka Lake as they are benefiting economically.

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Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.19080/IJESNR.2019.16.555931

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