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 - Focused Improvement of Irrigated Agriculture

Published: 
March 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
Water control for improved management at the project level has been battered through a series of efforts. The understanding gathered through field studies was used to develop a design and management approach for level basins to improve farmer management of these field irrigation systems. This...Read more
Regional focus: 
East Asia and Pacific

Working Paper: Improving Public Policies and Programs for Small-Scale Irrigation Development in Asia

Published: 
March 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
What is needed to improve the public policies and programs aimed at building new and rehabilitating existing small-scale irrigation systems? The present paper utilizes a variety of experiences from Asian settings to provide a policy framework and an overall program approach to this question...Read more
Regional focus: 
East Asia and Pacific

International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management - Five Year Plan (1988-1992)

Published: 
February 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
This overview provides on the 10 year anniversary of the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, with an outline of their approach moving forward.Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

Spawning Induction and Pond Culture of the Spotted scat (Scatophagus argus Linnaeus) in the Philippines: Final Report

Published: 
January 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
The primary objectives of our PSTC project were to determine the feasibility of culturing scat in brackishwater ponds, and to develop standardized techniques for its propagation. To achieve these objectives, we conducted experiments designed to 1) establish suitable pond growout strategies for scat...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

Second International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture, Bangkok, Thailand, 16-20 March, 1987

Published: 
January 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
Tilapia research encompassing a wide range of disciplines from the biological to the social sciences is represented in these conference proceedings. Whereas the previous international tilapia conference focused on the problems of stunting and overpopulation of ponds, the papers contained herein...Read more
Regional focus: 
ThailandEast Asia and Pacific

Bivalve Mollusk Culture Research in Thailand

Published: 
January 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
From 1980 to 1988, ICLARM assisted Thailand's Department of Fisheries in a project to explore the potential for the culture of bivalve mollusks, an attractive source of protein for human consumption. The complexity of the issues pertinent to bivalve culture required an interdisciplinary...Read more
Regional focus: 
ThailandEast Asia and Pacific

Fisheries Stock Assessment Title XII Collaborative Research Support Program: Empirical Analysis and Modeling, Annual Report 1986-1987, Work Plan 1987-1988 -- Multispecies Field Structure, Annual Report 1986-1987, Work Plan 1987-1988

Published: 
October 20, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report contains annual reports and work plans for Empirical Analysis and Modeling as well as Multispecies Field Studies done at the University of Rhode Island between 1986 and 1988.Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

Grant to Implement "The Impounding-Net System as a Method of Fish Rearing in Lake Toba, North Sumatra"

Published: 
September 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
Grant is provided under the PVO Co-Financing II project (4970336) to Yayasan Indonesia Sejahtera (YIS) to introduce a program of appropriate technology to increase fish yields at Lake Toba, in North Sumatra. YIS, working with a sub grantee, Lembaga Studi Pemgembangan Wilayah (LSPW), will install...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndonesiaEast Asia and Pacific

Modified Shallow Wells: A Farmer Developed Technology for Northeast Thailand

Published: 
August 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
Northeast Thailand is characterized by a distinct dry season from October to April each year when rainfall is generally insufficient to support crop production.Read more
Regional focus: 
ThailandEast Asia and Pacific

Ministry of Cooperatives Cottage Industries Department - a Report on Floating Cage Fish Culture Research

Published: 
April 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report covers research carried out at the central co-operative society's aquaculture station in Hlegu Township, Rangoon, Burma.Read more
Regional focus: 
East Asia and Pacific

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