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
Working Paper: Improving Public Policies and Programs for Small-Scale Irrigation Development in Asia
Published:
March 1, 1988U.S. Agency for International Development
What is needed to improve the public policies and programs aimed at building new and rehabilitating existing small-scale irrigation systems? The present paper utilizes a variety of experiences from Asian settings to provide a policy framework and an overall program approach to this question...Read more
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East Asia and PacificInternational Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management - Five Year Plan (1988-1992)
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February 1, 1988U.S. Agency for International Development
This overview provides on the 10 year anniversary of the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, with an outline of their approach moving forward.Read more
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Philippines, East Asia and PacificSecond International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture, Bangkok, Thailand, 16-20 March, 1987
Published:
January 1, 1988U.S. Agency for International Development
Tilapia research encompassing a wide range of disciplines from the biological to the social sciences is represented in these conference proceedings. Whereas the previous international tilapia conference focused on the problems of stunting and overpopulation of ponds, the papers contained herein...Read more
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Thailand, East Asia and PacificFisheries Stock Assessment Title XII Collaborative Research Support Program: Empirical Analysis and Modeling, Annual Report 1986-1987, Work Plan 1987-1988 -- Multispecies Field Structure, Annual Report 1986-1987, Work Plan 1987-1988
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October 20, 1987U.S. Agency for International Development
This report contains annual reports and work plans for Empirical Analysis and Modeling as well as Multispecies Field Studies done at the University of Rhode Island between 1986 and 1988.Read more
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Philippines, East Asia and PacificModified Shallow Wells: A Farmer Developed Technology for Northeast Thailand
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August 1, 1987U.S. Agency for International Development
Northeast Thailand is characterized by a distinct dry season from October to April each year when rainfall is generally insufficient to support crop production.Read more
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Thailand, East Asia and PacificMinistry of Cooperatives Cottage Industries Department - a Report on Floating Cage Fish Culture Research
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April 1, 1987U.S. Agency for International Development
This report covers research carried out at the central co-operative society's aquaculture station in Hlegu Township, Rangoon, Burma...Read more
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East Asia and PacificIndonesian Marine Capture Fisheries
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January 1, 1987U.S. Agency for International Development
While the sea has always played a large role in Indonesia's cultural heritage, of late the tremendous economic importance of its marine capture fisheries has come to light: in 1982, fishery products contributed $253 million to Indonesia's export earnings. This comprehensive survey draws...Read more
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Indonesia, East Asia and PacificInternational Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management Report 1987
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January 1, 1987U.S. Agency for International Development
Successes in Asia, Africa, the South Pacific, and Latin America, as well as intensive linkages with fishery and aquaculture research institutions worldwide, testify to the increasingly global and international nature of the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) and...Read more
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Indonesia, East Asia and PacificExperiences With Organizing Irrigators Associations: a Case Study from the Magat River Irrigation Project in the Philippines
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January 1, 1987U.S. Agency for International Development
Most water users associations organized in large systems are found only at the turnout level. Few irrigation system managers have ventured to organize water users associations above the turnout level. As a result, farmers are seldom given the opportunity to participate in the preparation of water...Read more
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Philippines, East Asia and PacificThe Economics and Management of Thai Marine Fisheries
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January 1, 1987U.S. Agency for International Development
Thailand's fishing industry is one of the world's ten largest, with a fleet of 20,000 modern vessels and an annual catch of about 2 million tons of fish, but the Thai government's ability to manage the fishing industry has not kept pace. In fact, the rapid development of the Thai...Read more
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