Productivity and Efficiency
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, water efficiency is the smart use of our water resources through water-saving technologies and simple steps. Using water efficiently will help ensure reliable water supplies today and for future generations. Topics addressed in this theme provide insights, lessons, and guidance on how diverse stakeholders are working to improve water management and reduce water use.
Productivity and Efficiency Resources
Final Report Covering Period 1988-1993: Contribution of Mangrove Detritus to The Production of Commercially Important Shrimp Species
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January 1, 1991U.S. Agency for International Development
The overall hypothesis we tested was that juveniles prawns living within mangrove creeks derive significantly greater nutritional benefits from mangrove detritus than do juveniles and adults living offshore. We used a multiple isotope approach (carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur) to elucidate the degree...Read more
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Malaysia, East Asia and PacificA Bibliography of the Pearl Oysters
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January 1, 1991U.S. Agency for International Development
The culture of pearl oysters, once the closely guarded monopoly of the Japanese, has now proliferated throughout the Indo-Pacific region and has the potential of providing much-needed export income to cash-poor nations. This has already happened in French Polynesia, where the culture of Pinctada...Read more
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United StatesCooperative Marine Technology Program for the Middle East: Annual Report for 1990
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January 1, 1991U.S. Agency for International Development
Historically, mariculture has been one of the most important component of the Cooperative Program, because it deals directly with food production, is in an early stage of development, and lends itself easily to cooperative research. This progress report relates to progress achieved during the...Read more
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Middle East and North AfricaApplication of Limnology for Efficient Nutrient Utilization in Tropical Pond Aquaculture
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January 1, 1991U.S. Agency for International Development
Phosphorous, nitrogen and carbon have been key limiting nutrients on the forefront of eutrophication literature for more than four decades. Concepts developed by the limnological community regarding these nutrients and their cycles in aquatic environments are now becoming the basis for management...Read more
Irrigation Systems Management Project USAID Contract 383-0080-C-00-7035-00: End of Tour Report
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December 1, 1990U.S. Agency for International Development
This assignment entailed assisting the ID in drawing up proposals and estimates for structural improvements, design of cost effective techniques and hydraulic structures, assisting the ID in quality control and supervision of construction, development of the methodology for assessment and...Read more
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Sri Lanka, South East AsiaThailand: Cycle II of The Global Experiment
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December 1, 1990U.S. Agency for International Development
Nile tilapia (Oreochromisniloticus)are commonly grown in ponds fertilized to increase primary and secondary production. The fertilization fishponds has been widely studied, often with conflicting results. Temperate ponds, with low stocking densities, seem to require only phosphorus additions(Yamada...Read more
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Thailand, East Asia and PacificFinal Evaluation of the Oman Fisheries Development Project (Project No. 272-0101.1)
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December 1, 1990U.S. Agency for International Development
Final evaluation of a 1983-1989 project to develop Oman's fishery sector by strengthening the technical capabilities of the Directorate General of Fisheries (DGF). The project's impact on DGF institution building and the development of Oman's fishery sector has been minimal. Major...Read more
AID grant no. 598-0616-G-00-0047-00 to the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey -- Campus Guaymas for training and technical assistance to promote the adoption of turtle excluder devices (TEDs) by the Mexican shrimp trawler fleet
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September 21, 1990U.S. Agency for International Development
Grant is provided under the regional Intercountry Technology Transfer project to Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Guaymas campus, to promote the wide- scale adoption of turtle excluder devices (TED's) throughout the Mexican shrimp fishing industry. Without the TED...Read more
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Latin America and the CaribbeanProject Grant Agreement Between the Sultanate of Oman and the United States of America for Fisheries Development and Management Project
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September 1, 1990U.S. Agency for International Development
The Fisheries Development and Management Project is a follow-on project to the Fisheries Development Project (FDP). Under FDP, programs were established in statistics, extension, marketing and research. Evaluation of FDP's impact on the organizational capability of the Ministry's...Read more
Title XII Collaborative Research Support Program: Eighth Annual Administrative Report [Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture] (1 September 1989 to 31 August 1990)
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August 1, 1990U.S. Agency for International Development
The major accomplishments of this reporting period include the development of cost-effective fertilization strategies, the creation of models on pond dynamics, the validation of models and expert systems, and continued efforts toward the dissemination of results and information.Read more
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