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

Small-Scale Irrigation Development

Published: 
November 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
Design elements of a proposed A.I.D. small-scale irrigation development project in West Java and Eastern and Western Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, are presented. The report analyzes the proposed project's overall institutional and social setting, provides a technical analysis of irrigation...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndonesiaEast Asia and Pacific

Development of Inland Fishing Industry in Jamaica, 1976-1984: A Summative Evaluation of Two Aid-Financed Development Projects

Published: 
November 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
Evaluates two projects to develop a national inland fishing industry in Jamaica. Special evaluation covers the period 1979-11/84 and is based on document review, site visits, and interviews with project staff, fish farmers, and involved host country personnel. The projects have successfully...Read more
Regional focus: 
JamaicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Review of Irrigation Facilities Operation and Maintenance for Jordan Valley Authority

Published: 
November 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
At the invitation of the Jordan Valley Authority (JVA), an A.I.D. consultant team visited the Jordan Valley to conduct a review of irrigation systems operation and maintenance (O&M). The review surveys, and recommends upgrading the main and subsystem O&M of, the irrigation projects in the...Read more
Regional focus: 
JordanMiddle East and North Africa

Nepal's Small and Medium Scale Irrigation Sector: Report of the Special U.S. Review Team

Published: 
November 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
In June 1984, three U.S. experts conducted an in-country study of Nepal's small and medium scale irrigation sector and assessed its needs for assistance. The team's key conclusions, presented herein, are: (1) Irrigation water management is the most neglected aspect of Nepal's water...Read more
Regional focus: 
NepalSouth East Asia

Technical Change and Social Relations in a West African Maritime Fishery: a Development History

Published: 
November 1, 1984
U.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
Regional focus: 
Sierra LeoneSub-Saharan Africa

Fisheries and Aquaculture: Handout Material

Published: 
October 11, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
Fish and shellfish are extremely important natural resources for mankind. Most fish are caught in coastal shallow water. Only a few species can be cultured in ponds. The world catch is almost 77 million metric tons, 90 percent of which are marine species. Half of this catch is by and in the...Read more

West Africa Fisheries Initiatives

Published: 
October 9, 1984
U.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
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Senegal River Basin Irrigation Review: Draft

Published: 
October 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Government of Senegal (GOS) wishes to increase the national level of food self-sufficiency. In view of climatic constraints one of the ways to ensure and to increase crop production is through irrigation. The GOS targeted the Senegal Valley for development of irrigated agriculture at the rate...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

ICLARM - Fisheries Development: Amendment No. 2

Published: 
October 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
The areas of emphasis for this program area: (1) Aquaculture, with emphasis on improvement of the efficiency of systems for production of low-priced fish, genetic stock improvement and waste recycling; (2) Traditional Fisheries, with emphasis on improving the status of small-scale fishermen through...Read more

Fisheries Research and Technology Transfer in Development Process

Published: 
October 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
The increasingly important roles of the fishery and aquaculture industries in the Third World are summarized in this briefing paper, which also reviews past and current fishery development efforts by A.I.D. and other donors. A short introduction reviews the special importance of fish in developing...Read more

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