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
Southern Zone Water Management (SZWM)
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November 1, 1996U.S. Agency for International Development
Summarizes attached interim evaluation of a project to improve farmer utilization of water and agricultural recovery of fertile valley lands in the southern regions of Ziguinchor and Kolda, Senegal. The evaluation covered the period 1988-2/94. After a slow start, the project has begun to achieve...Read more
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SenegalSub-Saharan AfricaMid-term Evaluation Report: Southern Zone Water Management Project (SZWMP) -- Senegal
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May 1, 1994U.S. Agency for International Development
The Southern Zone Water Management Project (SZWMP) was authorized by USAID/Dakar on August 19, 1988. The purpose of the eight-year $18 million Project is to improve farmer utilization of water and recovery of fertile valley lands for agricultural purposes in the southern regions of Kolda and...Read more
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SenegalSub-Saharan AfricaProject Assistance Completion Report: Irrigation and Water Management I Project, No. 685-0280
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December 1, 1991U.S. Agency for International Development
PACR of a project (1/86-9/92) to expand and improve village-level irrigated farming in the Bakel zone of the Senegal River Basin and to encourage private sector participation that can be replicated throughout the Basin. the project provided a total of 22 person-years of long-term TA and 20 person-...Read more
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SenegalSub-Saharan AfricaDeterminants of Success of Irrigated Perimeters in The Bakel Delegation -- Part I: Water and Crops
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March 1, 1990U.S. Agency for International Development
The early part of the report reviews the layout of the model andhow the various modules comprising it are interrelated. Changes are discussed that have been made in the model since it was originally introduced and described in an earlier report.Read more
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SenegalSub-Saharan AfricaStatistical Survey of Las Palmas Based International Trawlers for 1984
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October 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
Realizing the difficulties encountered by the CECAF Working Party on Resources Evaluation and the ad hoc Working Groups in evaluating the major fish stocks in the northern zone of the CECAF area, Spain, at the Fifth Session of the CECAF offered to assign a technician to record the activities of the...Read more
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SenegalSub-Saharan AfricaExpanded Economic Analyses of Senegal River: Irrigation Pumping Alternatives
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August 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
To make a 1984 cost-benefit analysis of irrigation pumping options in the Senegal River Valley accessible to a wider audience, this draft report expands the study's economic analysis section by including data on national costs and farmer and project benefits. The analysis, results of which...Read more
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SenegalSub-Saharan AfricaDevelopment of Irrigated Agriculture in Senegal: General Overview and Prospects, Proposals for a Second Program, 1980-1985
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January 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
This report looks at the development of irrigated agriculture in Senegal. At the Third Conference of the Club du Sahel in Amsterdam in November 1978, the meeting recalled that the main objective of the development strategy of the Sahel is an increase in crop production. In the 1979 Work Program,...Read more
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SenegalSub-Saharan AfricaEstimated Trade and Consumption of Fish and Fishery Products in the CECAF Area
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March 1, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development
With a view of assessing how far the new regime of the sea may have already influenced the fisheries sector, this paper analyzes the situation at the beginning of the 1980s concerning the role of domestic production and trade in fish consumption in the region.Read more
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SenegalSub-Saharan AfricaDependable Precipitation and Potential Yields for Senegal: a Practical Guide for Rain fed Agriculture
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May 1, 1982U.S. Agency for International Development
A substantial potential exists for improving rain fed agriculture in Senegal. Thus concludes this study, which analyzes the relationships among precipitation levels, growing season lengths, and potential agricultural yield in that country. The study begins by determining monthly dependable...Read more
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SenegalSub-Saharan AfricaEvaluation of the Lowland Fish Culture Program in the Fleuve Region of Senegal
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March 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development
This report is intended to furnish an assessment of the Lowland Fish in the Fleuve region of Senegal. During the Februray Culture program (685-0240) of seven Peace 21 to March 3 -:consultation, the consultant visited the sites Corps Volunteers and Senegalese counterparts In addition to discussing...Read more
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