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

Report of Fishcultural Investigations in Taiwan

Published: 
August 15, 1969
U.S. Agency for International Development
Fish production in Taiwan makes up a significant portion of the food provided to the people of Taiwan. Fishing occurs in both brackish and fresh water and have heavy implications on the entire population of Taiwan. This document contains details of fishing and agricultural production in Taiwan and...Read more
Regional focus: 
East Asia and Pacific

Marine and Coastal Fisheries Stations of Thailand

Published: 
July 30, 1969
U.S. Agency for International Development
A number of laboratories and fisheries exist across Thailand and this document provides details on the production rates of such areas as well as the testing and evaluation that occurs within the laboratories. This report also details a number of proposed changes to the current fishing industry and...Read more
Regional focus: 
ThailandEast Asia and Pacific

Community Water Supply: a Selected List of References for Aid Technicians

Published: 
July 15, 1969
U.S. Agency for International Development
This bibliography is one of a series designed as a guide to the publications of AID and other agencies working in the field of development assistance. While AID reports and documents are the primary focus of this bibliography, naterials on work by private organizations and international agencies...Read more
Regional focus: 
Latin America and the Caribbean

Report on Extension and Research At the Fisheries Stations of Thailand

Published: 
May 15, 1969
U.S. Agency for International Development
This investigation serves to advise the government of Thailand on freshwater fisheries and how to develop fisheries further in the Northeast and develop a research center in Bangkok to increase fish production in Thailand.Read more
Regional focus: 
ThailandEast Asia and Pacific

Fishculture Project Report for East Pakistan, Final Report

Published: 
February 1, 1969
U.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
Regional focus: 
South East Asia

Report of Fishcultural Investigations in India

Published: 
January 1, 1969
U.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
Regional focus: 
IndiaSouth East Asia

Methods of Analysis for Waters, Organic Matter, and Pond Bottom Soils Used in Fisheries Research

Published: 
January 1, 1969
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report provides guidance on water quality testing with respect to fisheries and increasing fish production and the methods to doing so.Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

International Center for Fisheries: Research & Training

Published: 
January 1, 1969
U.S. Agency for International Development
Under contract with USAID, the Auburn University Agricultural Experiment Station operated a world wide international fisheries project entitled "Increasing Fish Production by Improve Fishcultures." The project was designed to assist developing countries in increasing their capabilities to...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Fishing Success for Channel Catfish and White Catfish in Ponds With Daily Feeding

Published: 
January 1, 1969
U.S. Agency for International Development
Channel and white catfish fingerlings, stocked in ponds with large' mouth bass at densities of 2,000 to 3,000 catfish per acre separately or in combination and given daily feeding have continued to provide excellent sport fishing. Four-inch fingerling catfish stocked by February and given...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Developments in the Culture of Channel Catfish, Ictalurus Punctatus Rafinesque, in Cages Suspended in Ponds

Published: 
January 1, 1969
U.S. Agency for International Development
Since 1966, a study has been conducted in earthen ponds of the Auburn University Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn, Alabama, to evaluate the potential of suspended cages for culturing catfish, from fingerlings to marketable size, and to develop the basic techniques necessary for the extension...Read more

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