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

Stock Assessment for Tropical Small-Scale Fisheries: Proceedings of an International Workshop Held September 19-21, 1979, At the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R. I.

Published: 
September 21, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
As developing nations increasingly turn to the sea for food and export products, coastal artisanal fisheries threaten to deplete area aquatic resources. This report outlines the results of an AID-funded workshop conducted by the University of Rhode Island on the use of stock assessment for small-...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Review of Aquaculture Development Activities in Central and West Africa

Published: 
August 22, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
Fish farming is not widely practiced in Central and West Africa despite promotion efforts dating back to the 1940's, the acceptance of fish as a food by the vast majority of people, and the availability of suitable lands. The purpose of this study is to assess the reasons why these efforts...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Beliefs About Benefits of Fishermen's Cooperatives on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica

Published: 
August 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze small scale fishermen's perceived benefits of belonging to a cooperative in several communities in the Gulf of Nicoya and the northwest region of Guanacaste, Costa Rica.Read more
Regional focus: 
Costa RicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Structure and Performance of Wholesale Marketing of Finfish in Costa Rica

Published: 
July 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
This study looks at structure and performance of wholesale marketing of finfish in Costa Rica. This paper is one in a series of studies on small scale fisheries development in less developed countries. The data for the study were obtained from field surveys of the Costa Rican small scale fishery by...Read more
Regional focus: 
Costa RicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Future Orientation Among the Small-Scale Fishermen of the Northwest Coast of Costa Rica

Published: 
July 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
This study looks at future orientation among the small-scale fishermen of the northwest coast of Costa Rica. An important component to be considered in any situation of proposed techno-economic change is the temporal perspective of the population involved. It is clear that participation in change...Read more
Regional focus: 
Costa RicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Small-Scale Fishermen's Psych cultural Characteristics and Cooperative Formation

Published: 
July 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
This publication covers small scale fishermen's psychocultural characteristics and cooperative formation. A fundamental assumption of the human ecology paradigm is that psychocultural characteristics may often be explained as adaptations to the contingencies faced by individuals in their total...Read more

Ethnoicthyology of Small-Scale Fishermen of Puntarenas, Costa Rica I: Taxonomy

Published: 
June 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
Its obvious that it is necessary to understand a given system if one wishes to effect desired changes within it. If human beings compose one of the units within the system, and if their actions are necessary to effect the desired changes, then it is essential to understand their perceptions of...Read more
Regional focus: 
Costa RicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Evaluation/Inland Fisheries Program/June 1979, USAID/DR OPG No. 517-0123

Published: 
June 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this pilot project is to develop economically viable fishponds on small farms which produce a food crop (fish) through methods which the typical small farmer, agriculture association, and/or rural community can afford, and manage. The principal long range goal of the project is...Read more
Regional focus: 
Dominican RepublicLatin America and the Caribbean

Amendment to Project Grant Agreement Between the Republic of Peru and the United States of America for Fresh Water Fisheries Development in the Department of Ancash

Published: 
June 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
The introduction of the agreement specifies that it is executed in accordance with the general terms of the General Agreement for the technical cooperation between the Republic of Peru and the United States of America, signed January 25, 1951.Read more
Regional focus: 
PeruLatin America and the Caribbean

Workshop on Tropical Small-Scale Fishery Stock Assessment

Published: 
May 11, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report analyzes a proposed recurring theme in the developing world for a need for resource assessment methodologies that could be applied to tropical small-scale fisheries.Read more

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