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

Aguadulce, Panama: Cycle II of The Global Experiment

Published: 
June 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report covers the dry and wet season studies of Cycle I of the CRSP Global Experiment, which were conducted during 1985 in Gualaca. The purpose of the studies was to establish a baseline of physical, chemical, biological, and hydrologicalcharacteristics for a set of ponds being fertilized...Read more
Regional focus: 
PanamaLatin America and the Caribbean

Gualaca, Panama: Cycle I of The Global Experiment

Published: 
April 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report covers the dry and wet season studies of Cycle I of the CRSP Global Experiment, which were conducted during 1985 in Gualaca. The purpose of the studies was to establish a baseline of physical, chemical, biological, and hydrologicalcharacteristics for a set of ponds being fertilized...Read more
Regional focus: 
PanamaLatin America and the Caribbean

Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Data Reports -- Volume Seven, Number Two, Gualaca, Panama: Cycle III of the CRSP Global Experiment

Published: 
April 20, 1990
U.S. Agency for International Development
During Cycle Ill, the effects of increased nutrient inputs on the chemical, physical and biological variables that had been studied during Cycle were recorded. The objectives of Cycle III were to establish the optimum application rates of chicken litter for tilapia production in Panama, to measure...Read more
Regional focus: 
PanamaLatin America and the Caribbean

Cooperatively Managed Panamanian Rural Fish Ponds

Published: 
December 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
Major empirical results are presented of studies conducted to measure the impact on 22 rural Panamanian communities of a pilot project to integrate livestock and other agricultural activities with a communal approach to aquaculture. Successive chapters discuss: (1) the project's technical...Read more
Regional focus: 
PanamaLatin America and the Caribbean

Managed Fish Production

Published: 
April 16, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
PES of a project to determine the feasibility of developing a large-scale managed fish production program as a way of increasing the nutritional status of Panama's rural poor. PES covers the period 6/81-4/85 and is based on an attached economic analysis (XD-AAT-440-A). The project failed to...Read more
Regional focus: 
PanamaLatin America and the Caribbean

Assessment of the Populations of Fish and Shrimp Larvae in the Mangrove Swamps of Chame and Aguadulce, the Republic of Panama: Final Report

Published: 
February 1, 1985
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this study is to assess the populations of fish and shrimp larvae of commercial importance in the mangroves of Chemo, Province of Panama, and Aguadulce, Province of Cocle, and to determine the effect of human activity on mangroves as nursery areas for larvae and juveniles of aquatic...Read more
Regional focus: 
PanamaLatin America and the Caribbean

Consumption/Nutrition Impact Evaluation Component; Panama Managed Fish Production Project

Published: 
April 16, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
Analyzes the feasibility of measuring the consumption impact of a proposed project to develop and manage fish ponds in Panama. Interviews with villagers in three communities in the Veraguas region showed that: energy as well as protein is limited in the rural diet; protein intake is low in...Read more
Regional focus: 
PanamaLatin America and the Caribbean

Social Soundness Analysis: Managed Fish Production Project, Panama

Published: 
February 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
As of 1976 there were, in effect, no managed fishponds in Panama and certainly none whose principal purpose was to improve the well-being of nutritionally and economically disadvantaged populations. This paper provides an overview of a project designed to address those challenges and others in...Read more
Regional focus: 
PanamaLatin America and the Caribbean

Irrigation of Community Gardens in Panama

Published: 
November 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
The primary purpose of this assignment in Panama was to assist USAID and the Ministerio de Salud in improving the irrigation of community gardens. In an effort to improve the nutrition of the people living in small communities throughout the country, there are plans to organize more than 200 small...Read more
Regional focus: 
PanamaLatin America and the Caribbean

Economic Analysis of the Agro-Aquaculture Modules of the Aid Managed Fish Production Project: Panama

U.S. Agency for International Development
The government of Panama has promoted the construction of freshwater fish ponds in many of the poor, rural areas of Panama. These areas are characterized by chronic malnutrition and deficiencies of certain essential amino acids that are normally obtained through consumption of animal protein.Read more
Regional focus: 
PanamaLatin America and the Caribbean

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