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
Improving Irrigation Water Management on Farms
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May 1, 1980U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
Inadequate on-farm water management (OFWM) is often the main constraint to agricultural production in the developing world. This final report describes the results of an AID-funded, 1968-80 research project in Pakistan by Colorado State University (CSU) to develop guidelines to improve OFWM. A...Read more
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Pakistan, South East AsiaFarm Irrigation Constraints and Farmers' Responses, Comprehensive Field Survey in Pakistan; Vol. III: Consequences of Present Farm Water Management System
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September 1, 1978U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
Volume III of a comprehensive field study of the irrigation system in Pakistan presents findings concerning the consequences of the present irrigation system. Contains material on (1) physical and social characteristics of the irrigation system; (2) consequences of present farm water management (...Read more
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Pakistan, South East AsiaFarm Irrigation Constraints and Farmers' Responses, Comprehensive Field Survey in Pakistan; Vol. I: Summary
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September 1, 1978U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
Summarizes findings of six-volume, comprehensive field study done in Pakistan which addresses farmers' responses to selected irrigation constraints on their crop production systems. Contains major findings and policy implications related to the irrigation system, agronomic factors, and farmers...Read more
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Pakistan, South East AsiaFarm Irrigation Constraints and Farmers' Responses, Comprehensive Field Survey in Pakistan; Vol. Iv: Major Constraints Confronting Farmers Explaining ... Low Crop Yields
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September 1, 1978U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
Volume IV of a comprehensive study of Pakistan's irrigation system examines factors associated with low crop yields emphasizing farmers' perceptions of constraints. Farmers identified water problems as more constraining than all other farm problems combined. Reports findings regarding: (1...Read more
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Pakistan, South East AsiaFarm Irrigation Constraints and Farmers' Responses, Comprehensive Field Survey in Pakistan; Vol. VI: Appendices
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September 1, 1978U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
Volume VI of a comprehensive study of Pakistan's irrigation system presents appendices which provide a wide range of information, background and raw data concerning farmers' responses to irrigation constraints appearing in companion volumes. Appendix I reports methods and sample, concepts...Read more
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Pakistan, South East AsiaFarm Irrigation Constraints and Farmers' Responses, Comprehensive Field Survey in Pakistan; Vol. V: Farmer Responses to Major Constraints: Viable Options... Conditions
Published:
September 1, 1978U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
Part of a field study on the irrigation system in Pakistan, Volume V examines the existing options which farmers exercise in order to control erratic water supplies, and presents a comprehensive watercourse improvement program. Four existing water control options are described: (1) water purchasing...Read more
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Pakistan, South East AsiaWatercourse Improvement in Pakistan; Pilot Study in Cooperation With Farmers At Tubewell 56L
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January 1, 1977U.S. Agency for International Development
Over half the water supplied to the watercourse at Tubewell 56L was lost before it reached the farmers' fields. This loss was primarily through the upper porous portions of the banks and in the vicinity of junctions where banks were thin. The 35 farmers in the 900-acre area served by this...Read more
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Pakistan, South East AsiaReport of Fishcultural Investigations in East Pakistan
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August 15, 1969U.S. Agency for International Development
Pakistan experiences large discrepancy of receiving the necessary amount of protein in citizens diets. For this reason increasing fish production is a means of meeting this necessary supply of protein which is examined in depth in this report.Read more
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