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
Tank Irrigation in Cross Perspective
Published:
May 1, 1982U.S. Agency for International Development
Because irrigated land is usually more productive than rain fed land, and since in India irrigated agriculture traditionally has been taxable at higher rates, there was an incentive for rulers of the past, and their agents or feudatories, to organize and oversee the building and operation of tanks...Read more
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IndiaSouth East AsiaPlywood Workboats for Small Scale Fisheries
Published:
January 1, 1982U.S. Agency for International Development
Because expense and lack of supporting technology and skilled labor often preclude using steel or fiberglass to build the small, inshore fishing vessels used in developing country artisanal fisheries, attention is now being focused on plywood as a basic boatbuilding material. This practical manual...Read more
Omani-American Joint Commission for Economic and Technical Cooperation: Fisheries Development Project
Published:
December 21, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development
The Fisheries Development Project is a joint undertaking of the Omani-American Joint Commission and Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to address major constraints to the further development of fisheries by providing technical assistance and training to develop the institutional capacity of the...Read more
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Middle East and North AfricaReport to Aid in Support of a Project on Expanding Non-Agricultural Uses of Irrigation Water
Published:
July 31, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development
A survey of existing literature and interviews with 25 development practitioners provide the basis for this report on the health effects of pesticides in water used for drinking and for irrigation in developing countries. Individual chapters of the report: (1) identify the organic compounds found...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaNon-Agricultural Uses of Irrigation Systems: Past Experience and Implications for Planning and Design
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July 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development
A review of developing country experience in using irrigation water for domestic and other nonagricultural purposes prefaces this study of the feasibility of designing multipurpose irrigation systems. Technical and cultural factors affecting feasibility are addressed, and multipurpose systems in...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaSociocultural Aspects of Fisheries Management
Published:
June 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper covers the sociocultural aspects of fisheries management. Sociocultural impacts of fisheries management have become somewhat of an issue since the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 mandated that regulations must consider social as well as economic and biological impacts of...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaNon-Agricultural Uses of Irrigation Systems: Household Water Supplies
Published:
June 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development
The magnitude of the world's need for water signaled by the UN Drinking Water and Sanitation Decade, the adverse health effects of irrigation projects, and the increasing awareness of the basic link between water and health provide the background for this study of the feasibility of designing...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaFisheries Resource Assessment
Published:
January 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development
Project to help the Government of Senegal (GOS) to better determine the availability, distribution, and variety of fish off its coastline by providing the GOS Centre de Recherches Oceaniographiques de Dakar-Thiaroye (CRODT) with the hydroacoustic equipment needed to improve its fish-finding and...Read more
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SenegalSub-Saharan AfricaMatching Cropping Systems to Water Supply Using an Integrative Model
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April 1, 1980U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
Matching cropping systems to available water supply is a major element in the complex process of choosing a suitable cropping system. This manual, using examples from studies conducted in Pakistan, describes an integrative mathematical model to assist in this process. The first step in evaluating...Read more
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PakistanSouth East AsiaProgress Report on Fisheries Development in Northeast Brazil
Published:
February 1, 1980U.S. Agency for International Development
This report summarizes the pertinent activities related to fishery and fish culture research and training within the DNOCS fishery organization during the period January 1, 1977 - December 31, 1978. Previous progress reports describe fisheries development in Northeast Brazil.Read more
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BrazilLatin America and the CaribbeanDon't see what you're looking for? You can search USWP member sites, request a resource, or contact the USWP.