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
The Transition in the Contribution of Living Aquatic Resources to Food Security
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April 1, 1996U.S. Agency for International Development
The world fish supply is becoming increasingly scarce, a transition that cannot be prevented by more intensive fishing but only ameliorated through improved management of fisheries resources, improved aquaculture production, better use of resources, and interventions to improve equity. These tasks...Read more
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United StatesInternational Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management 1996 Operational Plan
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January 1, 1996U.S. Agency for International Development
This report is ICLARM's second annual Operational Plan. The series began as an effort to provide partners, donors and decision makers and other interested stakeholders with a summary of the Center's planned activities for the coming year, together with an outline of the progress made in...Read more
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United StatesPond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program: Thirteenth Annual Administrative Report
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August 1, 1995U.S. Agency for International Development
This report addresses program accomplishments of the Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program during the reporting period of September 1 1994 to August 31 1995.Read more
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United StatesAnnual Report 1994: International Irrigation Management Institute
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January 1, 1995U.S. Agency for International Development
This is the 1994 Annual Report of the International Irrigation Management Institute, focusing on information that can assess and improve irrigation performance. Read more
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United StatesA Selected Bibliography on Irrigation Management
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January 1, 1995U.S. Agency for International Development
The International Irrigation Management Institute has provided a thorough and comprehensive bibliography on irrigation management, pulled from the Irrigation Management Information Network Database.Read more
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United StatesFisheries Development Support Services: Amendment No. 1
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September 1, 1992U.S. Agency for International Development
An amendment to extend the project assistance completion date to 1991 and add more work and budget.Read more
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United States, North AmericaSecond Quarterly Activities Report on Irrigation Research
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February 1, 1992U.S. Agency for International Development
After a contentious start brought about primarily by the reduced level of funding available vis-?-vis the expectations of the participating institutions, the implementation of the Cooperative Agreement has gained momentum during the quarter (December 1991 to February 1992) being reported. Read more
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United States, North AmericaCrafting Institutions: Self-Governing Irrigation Systems
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January 1, 1992U.S. Agency for International Development
This report outlines an approach to the design of irrigation institutions that is useful to officials in donor agencies, host governments, and other organizations involved in designing irrigation projects in developing countries. The crafting of irrigation institutions is an ongoing process that...Read more
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United StatesTraining Resource Book on a Participatory Method for Modeling Bio Resource Flows
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January 1, 1991U.S. Agency for International Development
This training resource book was developed for people working with farmers in farming systems research and extension. It deals specifically with a farmer-participatory method for constructing pictorial models. The model, in this case, concerns bio resource flows between aquaculture and agriculture...Read more
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United StatesA 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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