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

Final Report: Salomekko Irrigation Project Environmental Assessment

Published: 
December 1, 1990
U.S. Agency for International Development
The major objective of this environmental assessment is to inquire whether there are any probable major negative impacts of this irrigation project on the environment. This report also assesses possible negative impacts of the environment on the function and efficiency of the project. Once harmful...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndonesiaEast Asia and Pacific

Final Report: Batujai Kiri Irrigation Project Environmental Assessment

Published: 
December 1, 1990
U.S. Agency for International Development
The major objective of this environmental assessment is to inquire whether there are any probable major negative impacts of this irrigation project on the environment. This report also assesses possible negative impacts of the environment on the function and efficiency of the project. Once harmful...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndonesiaEast Asia and Pacific

Irrigation Systems Management Project, Phase Ii, Project Number 391-0467: Operation and Maintenance Planning Workshop, Islamabad, December 3-4, 1990

Published: 
December 1, 1990
U.S. Agency for International Development
It is widely acknowledged that maintenance of the irrigation systems in Pakistan is deficient, leading to deterioration of the systems and a need for costly rehabilitation works. Improvement of maintenance is a major aspect of the overall ISRP/ISM Project. The World Bank has made preparation of...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Irrigation Systems Management Project USAID Contract 383-0080-C-00-7035-00: End of Tour Report

Published: 
December 1, 1990
U.S. Agency for International Development
This assignment entailed assisting the ID in drawing up proposals and estimates for structural improvements, design of cost effective techniques and hydraulic structures, assisting the ID in quality control and supervision of construction, development of the methodology for assessment and...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Final Report Period Covering January 1987 to December 1990: Design and Evaluation of Low Cost Flow Sensor for Irrigation Water Management in Sri Lanka

Published: 
December 1, 1990
U.S. Agency for International Development
A collaborative research project was undertaken with the main objective of Designing and Evaluation of a Low Cost Electronic Flow Sensor for Irrigation Management in Sri Lanka. Other secondary objectives of the project were to establish a collaborative link with Virginia Polytechnic & State...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Thailand: Cycle II of The Global Experiment

Published: 
December 1, 1990
U.S. Agency for International Development
Nile tilapia (Oreochromisniloticus)are commonly grown in ponds fertilized to increase primary and secondary production. The fertilization fishponds has been widely studied, often with conflicting results. Temperate ponds, with low stocking densities, seem to require only phosphorus additions(Yamada...Read more
Regional focus: 
ThailandEast Asia and Pacific

Final Evaluation of the Oman Fisheries Development Project (Project No. 272-0101.1)

Published: 
December 1, 1990
U.S. Agency for International Development
Final evaluation of a 1983-1989 project to develop Oman's fishery sector by strengthening the technical capabilities of the Directorate General of Fisheries (DGF). The project's impact on DGF institution building and the development of Oman's fishery sector has been minimal. Major...Read more

AID grant no. 598-0616-G-00-0047-00 to the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey -- Campus Guaymas for training and technical assistance to promote the adoption of turtle excluder devices (TEDs) by the Mexican shrimp trawler fleet

Published: 
September 21, 1990
U.S. Agency for International Development
Grant is provided under the regional Intercountry Technology Transfer project to Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Guaymas campus, to promote the wide- scale adoption of turtle excluder devices (TED's) throughout the Mexican shrimp fishing industry. Without the TED...Read more
Regional focus: 
Latin America and the Caribbean

Report on AID Grant to the South Pacific Commission

Published: 
September 1, 1990
U.S. Agency for International Development
A grant proposal and report that was made to the South Pacific Commission to be used for the support of the SPC Tuna and Billfish Assessment Program.Read more
Regional focus: 
East Asia and Pacific

Project Grant Agreement Between the Sultanate of Oman and the United States of America for Fisheries Development and Management Project

Published: 
September 1, 1990
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Fisheries Development and Management Project is a follow-on project to the Fisheries Development Project (FDP). Under FDP, programs were established in statistics, extension, marketing and research. Evaluation of FDP's impact on the organizational capability of the Ministry's...Read more

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