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
South Pacific Fisheries Treaty Program
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June 1, 1993U.S. Agency for International Development
Program, follow-on to 8790011, to fulfill U.S. commitments under the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Treaty, signed between the United States and certain Pacific Island countries in 1987 to resolve disputes over U.S. tuna fishing in the exclusive economic zones of the island countries. The treaty...Read more
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East Asia and PacificPolicy Alternatives for Pump Irrigation in Indonesia
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May 1, 1993U.S. Agency for International Development
With more than 5 million ha of land now irrigated, the rapid expansion of gravity irrigation in Indonesia is over. But the government still faces the problem of extending irrigated agriculture to the poorer and drier areas of eastern Indonesia. This study assesses past and present experience with...Read more
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Indonesia, East Asia and PacificIrrigation Management Systems Project: Review and Planning Workshop, April 1-4, 1993, Port Said, Egypt
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April 1, 1993U.S. Agency for International Development
The Irrigation Management Systems (IMS) Project is at a critical transition point. in anticipation of the scheduled completion date of 1995, the ten component activities must increase their level of coordination and cooperation in order to ensure that the units can be successfully assimilated into...Read more
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Middle East and North AfricaOman Fisheries Development and Management Project: Quarterly Progress Report Seven -- January 1, 1993-March 31, 1993
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April 1, 1993U.S. Agency for International Development
Initially conceived and implemented as a project with broadly based activities in technical assistance, training, and commodity procurement activities, the Fisheries Development and Management Project (FDMP) was initiated in May 1991. in October 1992 a project evaluation by USAID recommended a...Read more
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Middle East and North AfricaManagement Turnover of a Pump Irrigation System in The Philippines: The Farmer'S Way
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January 1, 1993U.S. Agency for International Development
The Philippines' National Irrigation Administration (NIA) of the Philippines has piloted and implemented several approaches to organizing farmers to undertake management responsibilities for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of irrigation systems. in 1983, NIA piloted a new approach...Read more
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Philippines, East Asia and PacificProject Partial Termination Report: Oman Fisheries Development and Management Project
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December 1, 1992U.S. Agency for International Development
From its inception, the Oman Fisheries Development and Management Project (FDMP) has pursued the primary goal of sustainable growth and development of the fisheries industry in Oman by working to strengthen the technical, administrative and management skills of the Directorate General of Fisheries...Read more
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Oman, Middle East and North AfricaAid Cooperative Agreement No. Fao-0158-A-00-2056-00 With Conservation International for a Program Entitled `Economic Approaches to Marine Resource Conservation in The Asia and Pacific Region'
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September 1, 1992U.S. Agency for International Development
Grant is provided under the Matching Grants to PVOs project (9380158) to Conservation International (CI) to demonstrate community-based income-generating marine resource utilization and conservation activities at three South Pacific sites -- Tubbataha Atolls, Philippines; Biak, Irian Jaya,...Read more
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South East AsiaAid Grant No. Hne-0158-G-00-2062-00 to Texas a & M Research Foundation for a Cooperative Marine Technology Program for The Middle East
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September 1, 1992U.S. Agency for International Development
Grant is provided to Texas A&M Research Foundation to lead collaborative research by Egyptian and Israeli entities to improve the management of commercial freshwater fisheries. Research will measure the effect of the trophodynamics of the Eastern Mediterranean coastal shelf ecosystem on...Read more
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Middle East and North AfricaFinal Report: Water Optimization of Rain Fed Tropical Cropping
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June 1, 1992U.S. Agency for International Development
The project was conducted as an effort to produce information on how to better deal with water shortages and excesses that keep yields of rain fed crop production low and highly variable. As part of the project, an analytical tool in the form of a water balance computer model was to be developed...Read more
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Costa Rica, Latin America and the CaribbeanSpecial Report on Irrigation Systems Management Project (ISMP) Preventative Maintenance Program
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June 1, 1992U.S. Agency for International Development
Under the Irrigation Systems Management Project (ISMP) the procedure for developing the Preventative Maintenance Program (PMP) was outlined in the Project paper. This procedure is schematically shown and provides the guidelines for development of the PMP over the life of project. The project paper...Read more
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