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
The Context of Small-Scale Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture Systems in Africa: A Case Study of Malawi
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January 1, 1991U.S. Agency for International Development
This study, supplemented by field surveys, summarizes available literature on aquaculture and the context of aquaculture in Malawi. It provides a national case study of one African context in which small-scale aquaculture has developed and in which integrated systems of agriculture-aquaculture...Read more
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Malawi, Sub-Saharan AfricaFarm Size and Efficiency in Irrigated Agriculture: the Case of the Zimbabwe Communal Areas
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July 1, 1988U.S. Agency for International Development
One of the principal socioeconomic issues in irrigation design is the size of holdings to be allocated to individual farm households. The major arguments for larger versus smaller plot sizes concern equity - allocating a given amount of irrigable land to larger or smaller numbers of poor farmers -...Read more
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Zimbabwe, Sub-Saharan AfricaLessons from Fisheries Development in West Africa Overview
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July 1, 1986U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper is the first in a series of five working papers that present the trend in the development of marine fisheries in West Africa from 1970-1982.Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaSociocultural Issues in West African Fisheries Development
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December 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
The focus of this paper is on the role of social and cultural variables in the development of the small-scale fishery in coastal West Africa. The small-scale marine fisheries of West Africa provide approximately 70 percent of the total marine production. Practically all of the small-scale fishermen...Read more
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Sub-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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Senegal, Sub-Saharan AfricaTechnical Change and Social Relations in a West African Maritime Fishery: a Development History
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November 1, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development
The relationship between technological development and socioeconomic change in the maritime fishing industry of the Sierra Leone Peninsula from 1600-1980 is explored in this paper. Positing that technological development in Africa derives from several interrelated factors such as existing...Read more
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Sierra Leone, Sub-Saharan AfricaWest Africa Fisheries Initiatives
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October 9, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development
Summarizes and analyzes the documentation relating to West African fisheries. Also provides synopses, analyses, and evaluations of the relevant institutions, training programs, and donor activities, with a discussion of the prospects for West African fisheries development and management is...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaWorking Bibliography on East African Fisheries
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June 1, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development
Defining East Africa broadly to include both the nations which bound the Great Lakes and the island nations in the Indian Ocean, this bibliography cites almost 600 sources of information on diverse aspects of the various types of fisheries found in the region. Contents are divided into two main...Read more
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Congo, Dem. Rep., Sub-Saharan AfricaLessons from Fisheries Development in West Africa: Purse Seine/Trawler Construction, Ghana
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June 1, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development
This publication is one of five working papers that evaluates fisheries development projects in West Africa. This particular paper evaluates the purse seine/trawler construction project in Ghana, and compares the financial data obtained from the operations of the 10 vessels that were constructed by...Read more
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Ghana, Sub-Saharan AfricaLessons from Fisheries Development in West Africa: Oyster Culture Project, Sierra Leone
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June 1, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development
This publication is one of five working papers that evaluates fisheries development projects in West Africa. This particular paper covers an oyster culture project in Sierra Leona, and discusses the possible factors that led to the non-implementation of the extension phase of the project.Read more
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Sierra Leone, Sub-Saharan AfricaDon't see what you're looking for? You can search USWP member sites, request a resource, or contact the USWP.