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

West African Fisheries and the United States: an Opportunity?

Published: 
May 1, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
The marine fisheries of West Africa, formally known as the East Central Atlantic fishery, are among the world's richest. According to FAO data, it ranked sixth in catch size of the world's 17 major fishing areas in 1978. This fishery extends from Morocco to Zaire and includes 18 littoral...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Circular Concrete Irrigation Turnout: Design and Construction

Published: 
April 1, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
Improved conveyance channel water control structures are very important for bettering on-farm water management and increasing irrigation efficiency. This handbook describes the design, construction, and use of an irrigation channel turnout for rotational distribution systems in Pakistan. Initial...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Ruvuma fish farming

Published: 
March 4, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
Project to raise nutritional standards in 12 rural communities in Tanzania's Ruvuma Region by introducing fish culture activities. The Peace Corps will implement the project, which will transfer basic technology and material inputs to community groups on a self-help basis. PCV's will...Read more
Regional focus: 
TanzaniaSub-Saharan Africa

Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic

Published: 
March 1, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
The reports presented ere form a large amount of data and documentation produced each year on the fish resources off West Africa. The results of the surveys with the Dr. Fridtjof Nansen are considered valid for the areas covered and with the limitations imposed by species determination through test...Read more
Regional focus: 
GhanaSub-Saharan Africa

Project Evaluation Summary: Fish Production System Development

Published: 
March 1, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
Evaluates project to help the Government of Jamaica increase fish production and establish a system of freshwater fish farms. PES, consisting of a factsheet, covers the period 6/79-3/82 and is based on a special evaluation (PD-AAM-280). Action decisions are to: extend the project to 8/84; revise...Read more
Regional focus: 
JamaicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Sudan: The Rahad Irrigation Project

Published: 
March 1, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
Although the Rahad Irrigation Project in Sudan, partly AID-funded and nearly complete, has been operating for only four seasons, it faces problems which threaten its viability. This report assesses these problems, the project's impact, and the lessons learned. Designed to maximize use of...Read more
Regional focus: 
SudanSub-Saharan Africa

Seminar on Prospects of Aquaculture in Nepal

Published: 
February 19, 1982
U.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
Regional focus: 
NepalSouth East Asia

Grant to Servicio Social De Iglesias Dominicanas to Expand Activities Under the Inland Fisheries II OPG

Published: 
January 1, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
OPG, follow-on to 5170123, to Servicio Social de Iglesias Dominicas (SSID, the Dominican counterpart of Church World Services) to expand freshwater fish production in the Dominican Republic. SSID will collaborate with the Peace Corps, Instituto Dominicano de Technologia Industrial (INDOTEC), and...Read more
Regional focus: 
Dominican RepublicLatin America and the Caribbean

Economics of Local Control of Irrigation Water in Pakistan: a Pilot Study

Published: 
January 1, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
Pakistan's irrigation system is among the world's largest. Government agencies share responsibility for diversion works and delivery canals while management of local distribution networks is left to farmers. Water allocation to farmers is based on rigid local weekly schedules designed to...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Small-Scale Fisheries of San Miguel Bay, Philippines: Social Aspects of Production and Marketing

Published: 
January 1, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
To examine the possibility of incorporating fishing communities into the Bicol River Basin Development Program, five studies were conducted in the San Miguel Bay area. Data were gathered from interviews with 641 fishing households and were supplemented by observing participants over a 2-year...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

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