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
Management Evaluation for the Rwanda National Fish Culture Project (Aid Project 696-0112)
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April 1, 1986U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the management of the Rwanda National Fish Culture Project (AID Project No. 696-0112). This evaluation offers several recommendations to improve project management.Read more
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RwandaSub-Saharan AfricaFish Culture Expansion Project
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December 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
Evaluates project to promote fish pond culture in Zaire by providing logistical support to PCV extensionists working in 5 of Zaire's 9 regions. PES covers the period 2/81-3/84 and is based on document review, visits to 4 regions, and discussions with PCV's and officials of cooperating...Read more
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Congo, Democratic Republic of theSub-Saharan AfricaTriennial Review: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program
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December 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
The global experiment is the major CRSP research activity. It was designed to remove a major constraint to expanding pond aquaculture worldwide in pursuit of the CRSP goal of increasing the availability of animal protein in less developed countries through pond aquaculture.Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaSociocultural Issues in West African Fisheries Development
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December 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
The focus of this paper is on the role of social and cultural variables in the development of the small-scale fishery in coastal West Africa. The small-scale marine fisheries of West Africa provide approximately 70 percent of the total marine production. Practically all of the small-scale fishermen...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaStrategies for Irrigation Development Chad/USAID
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October 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
The potential for irrigation development in Chad's two climatic zones, the Sahelian and the Sudanian, is assessed. A brief introduction giving the report's perspective and a general country description precede summary statements on the irrigation analyses. A discussion of the Sahelian...Read more
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ChadSub-Saharan AfricaStatistical Survey of Las Palmas Based International Trawlers for 1984
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October 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
Realizing the difficulties encountered by the CECAF Working Party on Resources Evaluation and the ad hoc Working Groups in evaluating the major fish stocks in the northern zone of the CECAF area, Spain, at the Fifth Session of the CECAF offered to assign a technician to record the activities of the...Read more
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SenegalSub-Saharan AfricaAn Annotated Bibliography of Factors Affecting Pumping and Irrigation in Africa
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October 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
This bibliographic search was started in order to provide the background documents for the development of a methodology of economic analysis of water pumping projects, particularly the energy trade-offs in water pumping.Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaDjibouti Fisheries Development Project (603-0003)
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August 31, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
The Fisheries Development Project has had a broad mandate of assistance to the Djibouti Fisheries Industry through technical assistance, training and facilities construction, and commodity assistance. The focus of this assistance, provided in collaboration with French Government aid and the U.N...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaExpanded Economic Analyses of Senegal River: Irrigation Pumping Alternatives
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August 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
To make a 1984 cost-benefit analysis of irrigation pumping options in the Senegal River Valley accessible to a wider audience, this draft report expands the study's economic analysis section by including data on national costs and farmer and project benefits. The analysis, results of which...Read more
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SenegalSub-Saharan AfricaReport of the Second Ad Hoc Working Group on Pelagic Stocks of the Sherbo Statistical Division
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March 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
Following the recommendation of the 7th Session of the CECAF Working Party on Resources Evaluation, the 2nd Ad Hoc Working Group on the Pelagio Resources of the Sherbo Statistical Division was held at Freetown, Sierra Leone from March 26 to 30, 1985.Read more
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