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

Structure and Performance of Wholesale Marketing of Finfish in Costa Rica

Published: 
July 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
This study looks at structure and performance of wholesale marketing of finfish in Costa Rica. This paper is one in a series of studies on small scale fisheries development in less developed countries. The data for the study were obtained from field surveys of the Costa Rican small scale fishery by...Read more
Regional focus: 
Costa RicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Future Orientation Among the Small-Scale Fishermen of the Northwest Coast of Costa Rica

Published: 
July 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
This study looks at future orientation among the small-scale fishermen of the northwest coast of Costa Rica. An important component to be considered in any situation of proposed techno-economic change is the temporal perspective of the population involved. It is clear that participation in change...Read more
Regional focus: 
Costa RicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Small-Scale Fishermen's Psych cultural Characteristics and Cooperative Formation

Published: 
July 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
This publication covers small scale fishermen's psychocultural characteristics and cooperative formation. A fundamental assumption of the human ecology paradigm is that psychocultural characteristics may often be explained as adaptations to the contingencies faced by individuals in their total...Read more

Ethnoicthyology of Small-Scale Fishermen of Puntarenas, Costa Rica I: Taxonomy

Published: 
June 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
Its obvious that it is necessary to understand a given system if one wishes to effect desired changes within it. If human beings compose one of the units within the system, and if their actions are necessary to effect the desired changes, then it is essential to understand their perceptions of...Read more
Regional focus: 
Costa RicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Evaluation/Inland Fisheries Program/June 1979, USAID/DR OPG No. 517-0123

Published: 
June 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this pilot project is to develop economically viable fishponds on small farms which produce a food crop (fish) through methods which the typical small farmer, agriculture association, and/or rural community can afford, and manage. The principal long range goal of the project is...Read more
Regional focus: 
Dominican RepublicLatin America and the Caribbean

Amendment to Project Grant Agreement Between the Republic of Peru and the United States of America for Fresh Water Fisheries Development in the Department of Ancash

Published: 
June 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
The introduction of the agreement specifies that it is executed in accordance with the general terms of the General Agreement for the technical cooperation between the Republic of Peru and the United States of America, signed January 25, 1951.Read more
Regional focus: 
PeruLatin America and the Caribbean

Workshop on Tropical Small-Scale Fishery Stock Assessment

Published: 
May 11, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report analyzes a proposed recurring theme in the developing world for a need for resource assessment methodologies that could be applied to tropical small-scale fisheries.Read more

Inland Fisheries Development: Project Evaluation Summary

Published: 
April 9, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
SECOND ANNUAL PROJECT EVALUATION SUMMARY EVALUATES USAID-FUNDED INLAND FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT PROJ IN JAMAICA THROUGH NOV 1978. PROJ DESIGNED TO CREATE WITHIN JAMAICAN MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (MOA) THE INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITY TO SUPPORT A FRESH-WATER FISHERIES PROGRAM, CONTRIBUTING TO INCREASED IN-...Read more
Regional focus: 
JamaicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Structure of Job Satisfaction Among New England Fishermen

Published: 
March 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
Several different metrics and evaluation tools were used to evaluate the job satisfaction of fisherman in New England following the passage of the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976. The details of the study and satisfaction levels are included in this report.Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Attitudes Toward Cooperation Among Small-Scale Fishermen and Farmers in the Azores

Published: 
March 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper covers attitudes toward cooperation among small scale fishermen and farmers in the Azores. Many governments, international organizations, and individuals view the fishermen's cooperative as the ideal means of improving small scale fisheries. In some cases marked success has been...Read more
Regional focus: 
Europe and Central Asia

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