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 Use of Stationary Hydro acoustic Transducers to Study Diel and Tidal Influences on Fish Behavior

Published: 
October 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
Diel and tiday conditions are two important factors that influence fish behavior. Many fisheries, such as the Corvina fishery in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica, take advantage of these influences. This study applied stationary transducer arrays that allowed complete coverage of the water column...Read more
Regional focus: 
Costa RicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Research on Irrigation in Africa

Published: 
October 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
Papers on research on irrigation in Africa, presented at the Forum on Irrigation Systems Research and Applications in May 1986.Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Fisheries Stock Assessment, Title XII Collaborative Research Support Program: Annual Work Plan, 1987-1988

Published: 
September 30, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Fisheries Stock Assessment CRSP is developing stock assessment technologies for use by fisheries managers in developing countries. Objectives include: production of a stock assessment hand book for fishery managers in tropical countries, testing of existing methodology for stock assessment,...Read more
Regional focus: 
South East Asia

Grant to Implement "The Impounding-Net System as a Method of Fish Rearing in Lake Toba, North Sumatra"

Published: 
September 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
Grant is provided under the PVO Co-Financing II project (4970336) to Yayasan Indonesia Sejahtera (YIS) to introduce a program of appropriate technology to increase fish yields at Lake Toba, in North Sumatra. YIS, working with a sub grantee, Lembaga Studi Pemgembangan Wilayah (LSPW), will install...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndonesiaEast Asia and Pacific

Role of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development Officers in the Future Africa Bureau Development Programs: Workshop Report

Published: 
September 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
Workshop participants were brought up-to-date on two recent African reports: Management of Agricultural Development in Africa (MADIA) and the Low Resource Agriculture in Africa Report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). Information on the Special Program for African Agriculture Research (...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Community Participation in Irrigation Management: Case Study of Solma Irrigation Project in East Nepal

Published: 
August 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentWinrock International
This report covers hill irrigation in Nepal. Nepal has a high ratio of people to cultivable land. The mountainous terrain forces farmers to use marginal lands on steep slopes that are difficult to irrigate, and yet an increasing population demands intensive farming method, for which irrigation is a...Read more
Regional focus: 
NepalSouth East Asia

Modified Shallow Wells: A Farmer Developed Technology for Northeast Thailand

Published: 
August 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
Northeast Thailand is characterized by a distinct dry season from October to April each year when rainfall is generally insufficient to support crop production.Read more
Regional focus: 
ThailandEast Asia and Pacific

Designing Projects for Irrigation Development

Published: 
August 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
This brief note is intended to make available to AID staff, host countries and other consulting groups ideas and suggestions that drive from experiences as they apply to designing products for irrigation development.Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Audit of the Program for Education and Rraining of Human Resources in Farming and Fishing with the National Commission of Loans for Education in Costa Rica: Public Law 480, Title I Funds

Published: 
July 14, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
Evaluates the use of P.L. 480 Title I funds by Costa Rica's National Commission of Loans for Education (CONAPE) for its Program for Education and Training of Human Resources in Farming and Fishing. Non-Federal audit, conducted by Price Waterhouse of Costa Rica, covers the period 9/83-9/85 and...Read more
Regional focus: 
Costa RicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Community Fish Farming in the Tarai: Case Study of Bhawanipur and Hanuman Nagar

Published: 
July 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentWinrock International
Fish farming will flourish on badly drained land which is little suited to cultivation or which would need great capital expenditure to make it so. It will flourish in brackish and saline water unsuited for agricultural practices. Drainage water from existing agricultural schemes, which has become...Read more
Regional focus: 
NepalSouth East Asia

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