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

Management Evaluation for the Rwanda National Fish Culture Project (Aid Project 696-0112)

Published: 
April 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the management of the Rwanda National Fish Culture Project (AID Project No. 696-0112). This evaluation offers several recommendations to improve project management.Read more
Regional focus: 
RwandaSub-Saharan Africa

Training Needs Assessment for the Ministry of Irrigation, Arab Republic of Egypt

Published: 
February 20, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
The key findings of this assessment from Egypt are; -Technical training in the Ministry has been largely limited to professional civil engineers, and technicians -Prior to 1982, engineers were trained by their supervisors through an informal on the job training process. - Top management of the...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Crop Water Requirement and Agricultural Drought Assessment Manual

Published: 
February 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
Manuel on crop water requirement and agricultural drought. Drought and disaster have been fairly common throughout recorded history. In several developing countries, population growth exceeds growth in agricultural production. Attempts to increase production or efforts for survival sometimes result...Read more

Trip Report: USAID Fisheries Cooperative Agreement

Published: 
January 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report is a summary of a two-week visit to Ecuador made during the period of October 19 to November 1, 1986. The purpose of the visit determined research project material; presented seminars related to fishery losses; and identified possible sources of funding for projects in the field.Read more
Regional focus: 
EcuadorLatin America and the Caribbean

Strategies for Irrigation Development in Egypt

Published: 
January 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
Cost-effective strategies for developing irrigation in Egypt's Nile River Valley and the Nile Delta, as well as on other lands already developed or targeted for development, are presented. Two major sections analyze, respectively, the current and projected (in the medium and long term) status...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Growth Mortality and Recruitment of Commercially Import Fishes and Penaeid Shrimps in Indonesian Waters

Published: 
January 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
This document presents results obtained by systematic applications of the ELEFAN approach to fish data in Indonesia.Read more
Regional focus: 
IndonesiaEast Asia and Pacific

Status and Performance of Irrigation in Thailand

Published: 
January 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
The long-term development of irrigation in Thailand and its effect on rice yields are analyzed, using data from the period 1961-69. After providing an overview of the historical development of irrigation in Thailand, the report examines the status and performance of irrigation projects in terms of...Read more
Regional focus: 
ThailandEast Asia and Pacific

Fisheries Stock Assessment: Annual Report 1985-1986

Published: 
January 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
Small scale fisheries are an important source of food and employment in many coastal regions of the world, and represent a significant source of protein for domestic consumption in developing countries. Fisheries stock assessment techniques employed by third world countries often do not provide...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Aquaculture of Milkfish: State of the Art

Published: 
January 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
Although it is one of the most extensively farmed marine bony fishes on earth, the milkfish (Chanos chanos) remains one of the least known and understood of the major finfish species. This book provides as complete a summary as possible of current knowledge (through December 1985) of milkfish and...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Irrigation Management in Developing Countries: Current Issues and Approaches, Proceedings of an Invited Seminar Series Sponsored By the International School for Agricultural and Resource Development

Published: 
January 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
This interdisciplinary volume brings together issues from the late 1980s in and approaches to the development, utilization, and management of water resources in developing countries. The contributors, who had done extensive research and had work experience in such countries, analyzed irrigation...Read more

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