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

Promoting Profitable Irrigated Agriculture: Trade and Fiscal Policies

Published: 
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this paper is to propose a set of guiding principles and feasible strategies on trade and fiscal policies affecting irrigated agriculture in Sri Lanka, which would contribute to achieving high profitability in these systems in the future. The paper also sets out broad guidelines for...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Macro-Irrigation Investment Policy

Published: 
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
This document is the ninth in the series of ten policy papers to be prepared under the IMPSA Program. It is based primarily on three staff working papers on the issues related to the topic and two studies conducted on future irrigation investment trends, needs and options, one conducted by IIMI and...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Achieving High Productivity and Prosperity of Irrigated Agriculture through Participatory Management

Published: 
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper is the result of a two-year process of policy analysis, discussion, and paper writing under the Irrigation Management Policy Support Activity (IMPSA). The proposed participatory management policy is based firmly on previous experience, and existing policy. Policy Paper No. 10 embodies...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Determination and Comparison of Bivalve Growth, with Emphasis on Thailand and Other Tropical Areas

Published: 
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
An analysis of the shell microstructure of A. granosa and P. viridis experimentally cultured in coastal waters of Thailand revealed that the formation of growth lines was closely related to tidal periodicity. This study concludes that growth lines are formed when the bivalves react with shell...Read more
Regional focus: 
ThailandEast Asia and Pacific

Terminal Report: [upper south integrated coastal resources management] -- Thailand

Published: 
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Upper South Integrated Coastal Resources Management Project was carried out since 1987 with support from the ASEAN/US Cooperative Programme on Marine Science and cooperation of various government agencies, universities and institutions whereas ONEB was a lead and coordinating agency. After...Read more
Regional focus: 
ThailandEast Asia and Pacific

Final Report Covering Period: April 15, 1988 to December 31, 1992 -- Kidney Disease of Seabass (Lates calcarifer)

Published: 
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
Since 1983, a condition referred to as seabass (Lates calcarifer) kidney disease has occurred among cultured populations of this species in southern Thailand. The disease generally apppears about six weeks after hatching or at culturing time in the cages, and in some cases, causing mortality...Read more
Regional focus: 
ThailandEast Asia and Pacific

Crafting Institutions: Self-Governing Irrigation Systems

Published: 
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report outlines an approach to the design of irrigation institutions that is useful to officials in donor agencies, host governments, and other organizations involved in designing irrigation projects in developing countries. The crafting of irrigation institutions is an ongoing process that...Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

The Biology and Culture of Pearl Oysters

Published: 
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
Pearl oysters are farmed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, including the Red Sea. The biology and ecology of four pearl oysters species from the family Pteriidae are reviewed here. The culture techniques used for each of these species is described and the research needs, economics and marketing...Read more
Regional focus: 
East Asia and Pacific

ICLARM Report: 1991

Published: 
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
These programs have evolved during the present Five-Year plan of the Center. The focus is Aquaculture is on genetic improvement of cultured organisms and development of low-cost farming systems for small-scale producers. The major species of interest in freshwater are the tilapias and in marine...Read more

Contribuciones Para El Estudio De La Pesca Artesanal En America Latina: Proceedings of The Mini-Symposium on Small-Scale Fisheries of The 46Th International Congress of Americanists, 4-8 Jul 1988

Published: 
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
An analysis of small-scale fisheries within the evolution of fisheries sector of Latin America is conducted with emphasis on the relative stagnating conditions of the former. a discussion of the characteristics of the artisanal fisheries sector determining its structural duality, heterogeneity and...Read more
Regional focus: 
Latin America and the Caribbean

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