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
Fishculture 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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India, South East AsiaDuck - Cum - Fish Culture: a Research Proposal
U.S. Agency for International Development
Fish production is taking place in nepal. Higher production will ultimately improve nutrition and will bring fish within economical reach of the Nepalese. This review of literature shows that the quantity of fish and duck production projected in the research project proposal is justifiable. A brief...Read more
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Nepal, South East AsiaFair and Unfair: a Study Into the Bethma System in Two Sri Lankan Village Irrigation Systems
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report tries to answer two basic clusters of questions. The first is related to the way in which bethma is practiced. What are the rules that govern it, how do farmers make use of them and what is the role of the government, are questions that will be asked. A literature survey forms part of...Read more
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Sri Lanka, South East AsiaRecurring Cost of Irrigation to Asia: Operation and Maintenance
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report includes a synthesis of four studies done by local consultants in four Asian countries. The studies in Sri Lanka, Nepal, and the Philippines were country wide studies focusing primarily on government irrigation systems. The study in India was restricted to government projects in the...Read more
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South East AsiaNeglected Opportunities in Irrigation
U.S. Agency for International Development
This article considers two different programs which attempt to improve water use and management in eastern India. One concerns the Hirukud project, which irrigates 282,000 acres in the Sambalpur district of Orissa; the other is in the Raipur district, just west of Sambalpur in Madhaya Pradesh. Both...Read more
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