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

Warabandi in Pakistan's Canal Irrigation Systems: Widening Gap between Theory and Practice

Published: 
January 1, 1995
U.S. Agency for International Development
IIMI's Country Papers comprise a series of papers for each country where IIMI maintains a collaborating field operations activity. These papers record the results of research conducted by IIMI's Country Programs in consultation with their National Consultative Committees. Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Cymatium muricinum and Other Ranellid Gastropods: Major Predators of Cultured Tridacnid Clams

Published: 
January 1, 1995
U.S. Agency for International Development
The recent development of technology for the ocean culture of juvenile giant clams (family Tridacnidae) in the South Pacific has brought attention to the predatory activities of a hitherto little studied mesogastropod genus, Cymatium (family Ranelidae). The results of research into relevant aspects...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

Performance Determinants of Irrigators Associations in National Irrigation Systems in Bicol, the Philippines: An Analysis

Published: 
January 1, 1995
U.S. Agency for International Development
A major problem perennially faced by an agricultural economy like the Philippines is low agricultural productivity. With the scarcity of agricultural land that can be additionally cultivated, the country's thrust therefore is towards maximizing productivity in this sector to adequately feed...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

Services of Provincial Irrigation Offices to Communal Irrigation Systems in Western Visayas, the Philippines

Published: 
January 1, 1995
U.S. Agency for International Development
With NIA's efforts toward institutional development and turnover of irrigation systems, donor-assisted irrigation projects in the recent past have included the development of Irrigators' Associations and irrigation management transfer as major components in project implementation. This...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

Title XII Collaborative Research Support Program: Thirteenth Annual Technical Report -- 1 September 1994 to 31 August 1995

Published: 
January 1, 1995
U.S. Agency for International Development
The current period was characterized by the following accomplishments: Initiation of a new one-year Work Plan, completion of research activities scheduled under the Seventh and Interim Work Plans, successful completion of the Egypt project and publication of research results in the Egypt Project...Read more
Regional focus: 
RwandaSub-Saharan Africa

Annual Report 1994: International Irrigation Management Institute

Published: 
January 1, 1995
U.S. Agency for International Development
This is the 1994 Annual Report of the International Irrigation Management Institute, focusing on information that can assess and improve irrigation performance. Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

A Selected Bibliography on Irrigation Management

Published: 
January 1, 1995
U.S. Agency for International Development
The International Irrigation Management Institute has provided a thorough and comprehensive bibliography on irrigation management, pulled from the Irrigation Management Information Network Database.Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

Participatory Rural Appraisal for Irrigation Management Research

Published: 
January 1, 1995
U.S. Agency for International Development
The presenl paper focuses on one appralsal methodology: Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), and on its use for Irrigation Management Research (IMR). As will be discussed in the following sections, to link these two topics requires two initial c1arif?cations. The first clarification relates to lhe...Read more

Practices for Year-round Irrigation in Mahaweli System B

Published: 
December 1, 1994
U.S. Agency for International Development
System 'B' farmers have a relatively dry period of ten months from Jan. to Oct. where non-rice crops can be successfully grown. Thus, they have an opportunity to get the highest price available in the market by scheduling planting to suit market windows. Further, they can undertake to...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

New guidelines for the National Fishery Policy: Part II -- Promotion of the Private Sector and Development of a National Fishing Fleet

Published: 
November 1, 1994
U.S. Agency for International Development
The factor that most affects the fishery private sector in Guinea-Bissau is the continual intervention of the Government in the commercial activities of the sector. The problem is complicated by either the delay caused in the execution of the privatization plans by the Government or by, through new...Read more
Regional focus: 
Guinea-BissauSub-Saharan Africa

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