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
Irrigation Development Options and Investment Strategies for the 1980'S: Sri Lanka
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September 1, 1982U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
Rather than explicitly considering irrigation development options, this paper identifies the problems facing Sri Lanka's irrigation sector and offers recommendations for their resolution. First, the Government of Sri Lanka has not given sufficient attention to the role of irrigation in future...Read more
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Sri Lanka, South East AsiaSeminar on Prospects of Aquaculture in Nepal
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February 19, 1982U.S. Agency for International Development
"Aquaculture" means the organized culture or cultivation of useful aquatic animals and plants in enclosed water bodies. In Nepal, at present aquaculture is limited only to the cultivation of fish. This paper deals with what has been done in Nepal for fish culture and fisheries development...Read more
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Nepal, South East AsiaOrganization as a Strategic Resource in Irrigation Development: a Conference Report
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January 1, 1982U.S. Agency for International Development
This document examines several important recurring problems discussed at the Conference of Asian Irrigation (1982) including: (1) the flow of communication between local water user associations and the agency about project plans and implementation procedures have been inadequate; (2) local groups...Read more
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South East AsiaTheory and Management of Tropical Fisheries
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January 1, 1982U.S. Agency for International Development
As yet no satisfactory sophisticated technique exists for assessing the effects of harvesting on multispecies tropical fisheries. Since these fisheries are so intense, however, the workshop reported here represented an attempt to develop a set of practical stock assessment techniques as well as to...Read more
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South East AsiaUtilization of Local Councils for Improvement of On-Farm Water Management in Pakistan
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November 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development
Reports on feasibility of a proposed subproject of the On-Farm Water Management project to upgrade the institutional and technical capacities of District Councils in Pakistan to administer canal irrigation associations. A historical review of changing government jurisdictions and local...Read more
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Pakistan, South East AsiaPhilippines and Papua New Guinea: a Select Bibliography of Fish Preservation and Nutritional Problems; Prepared for the Peace Corps Trainees in Fisheries Development, University of Rhode Island, Summer 1981
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August 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development
This is a bibliography of documents pertinent to fisheries, aquaculture, health, and preservation relevant to the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.Read more
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South East AsiaIrrigation Development Options and Investment Strategies for the 1980'S: Bangladesh
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May 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
A brief history of A.I.D. irrigation projects in Bangladesh prefaces this analysis of development options (e.g., irrigated vs. rain fed farming, expansion vs. intensification of irrigation) and investment strategies (e.g., direct and indirect funding) for A.I.D. involvement during the 1980's...Read more
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South East AsiaIrrigation Development Options and Investment Strategies for the 1980'S: Pakistan
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May 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
Due to poorly maintained public watercourses and inadequate field ditches, water conveyance and application efficiencies are low in Pakistan's Indus Basin, the world's largest continuous irrigation system. This paper reports a study team's findings and recommendations for improving...Read more
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Pakistan, South East AsiaIrrigation Development Options and Investment Strategies for the 1980'S: Nepal
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March 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
The irrigation development options and investment strategies available to A.I.D. in Nepal's hill country are assessed. First, review of development options concludes in favor of irrigation system improvement over expansion and of small- over large-scale projects. Considerable effort should be...Read more
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Nepal, South East AsiaIrrigation Projects Document Review: The Indian Subcontinent
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February 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
This study was conducted as part of the Water Management Synthesis Project, a program funded and assisted by USAID. Utah State University and Colorado State University served as lead universities for the project. This report focuses on findings on the Indian subcontinent.Read more
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