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
Report on Extension and Research At the Fisheries Stations of Thailand
Published:
May 15, 1969U.S. Agency for International Development
This investigation serves to advise the government of Thailand on freshwater fisheries and how to develop fisheries further in the Northeast and develop a research center in Bangkok to increase fish production in Thailand.Read more
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ThailandEast Asia and PacificFishculture Project Report for East Pakistan, Final Report
Published:
February 1, 1969U.S. Agency for International Development
The present Fisheries Research Station in Chandpur, 40 miles south of Dacca on the Dakatia River and is located on soils with a high seepage rate and no permanent source of water. Experimental ponds are without water during the dry period. Therefore, a new pondcultural research station is needed...Read more
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South East AsiaReport of Fishcultural Investigations in India
Published:
January 1, 1969U.S. Agency for International Development
This report provides an overview of fisheries in India in 1968, in terms of food needs for an increasing population.Read more
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IndiaSouth East AsiaMethods of Analysis for Waters, Organic Matter, and Pond Bottom Soils Used in Fisheries Research
Published:
January 1, 1969U.S. Agency for International Development
This report provides guidance on water quality testing with respect to fisheries and increasing fish production and the methods to doing so.Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaInternational Center for Fisheries: Research & Training
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January 1, 1969U.S. Agency for International Development
Under contract with USAID, the Auburn University Agricultural Experiment Station operated a world wide international fisheries project entitled "Increasing Fish Production by Improve Fishcultures." The project was designed to assist developing countries in increasing their capabilities to...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaFishing Success for Channel Catfish and White Catfish in Ponds With Daily Feeding
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January 1, 1969U.S. Agency for International Development
Channel and white catfish fingerlings, stocked in ponds with large' mouth bass at densities of 2,000 to 3,000 catfish per acre separately or in combination and given daily feeding have continued to provide excellent sport fishing. Four-inch fingerling catfish stocked by February and given...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaDevelopments in the Culture of Channel Catfish, Ictalurus Punctatus Rafinesque, in Cages Suspended in Ponds
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January 1, 1969U.S. Agency for International Development
Since 1966, a study has been conducted in earthen ponds of the Auburn University Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn, Alabama, to evaluate the potential of suspended cages for culturing catfish, from fingerlings to marketable size, and to develop the basic techniques necessary for the extension...Read more
Economic Evaluation of Brazil Aquaculture Project (11/19/73-12/3/73)
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January 1, 1968U.S. Agency for International Development
ANALYZES THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF PROPOSED FARMER-OWNED AND OPERATED AQUACULTURE ENTERPRISES IN NORTHEAST BRAZIL. THE EVALUATION PRESENTS ESTIMATED FIXED AND VARIABLE COSTS AS WELL AS AN ILLUSTRATIVE PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT. FIGURES ARE BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT EACH FARMER WOULD BUILD AND...Read more
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BrazilLatin America and the CaribbeanPond fisheries and International Limnological Symposium, Israel, August 6-28, 1968
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January 1, 1968U.S. Agency for International Development
This report documents Auburn University's trip to Israel to tour the fishing industry in several selected spots of Israel.Read more
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IsraelMiddle East and North AfricaEstimation of Standing Crops and Rates of Feeding Fish in Ponds
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January 1, 1968U.S. Agency for International Development
This study estimates how standing crops can be used in feeding fish and performs a technical analysis of how to increase fish production efficiently.Read more
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