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

Optimum Utilization of Water Resources for Agriculture With Special Emphasis on Systems Analysis of Watershed Management; Annual Technical Report 1971/1972

Published: 
April 17, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
As a member of a consortium of U.S. universities dedicated to providing assistance for increasing world food production through optimum utilization of water resources for agriculture, the University of Arizona has concentrated its activities on those concerned with the source of the water supply...Read more

Plan for a Surface Irrigation System for the Taboga Exp. Station, Costa Rica

Published: 
April 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report is based on a brief trip to Costa Rica by J.E. Christiansen and Rex F. Nielson to provide technical assistance in the planning of an irrigation and drainage system for the Taboga Experimental Station in the Province of Guanacaste. A three-day visit was made to the area, and shorter...Read more
Regional focus: 
Costa RicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Some Prospects for Aquatic Weed Management in Guyana

Published: 
March 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
Summary of a workshop on the Management and Utilization of Aquatic Plants to formulate recommendations addressed to one of Guyana's critical problems - weeds that infest waterways. The workshop was charged with developing recommendations for implementation by local authorities to deal with the...Read more
Regional focus: 
GuyanaLatin America and the Caribbean

Irrigation Practices Seminars 1956-1970, an Evaluation

Published: 
March 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
Some progress ahs been made on the development of institutions and people so that substantial improvement has been realized, water management on the farm-including irrigation practices-remains a bottleneck to increased agricultural production in most developing countries. There are three arenas of...Read more

Artificial Spawning of Mullet and Culture of Mullet and Milkfish in Taiwan

Published: 
March 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
This publication looks at artificial spawning of mullet and culture of mullet and milkfish in Taiwan. Taiwan is advanced in various aquacultures. Its fish farmers are especially noted for their cultures of milkfish in brackish water and poly-cultures of Chinese carps in fresh water. Its research...Read more

Length - Weight Relationships of Freshwater Fishes of Thailand

Published: 
February 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
Length-Weight data on fishes are useful to biologists for a variety of purposes. The data presented are especially valuable because they are derived from measurements of fishes taken from lakes, swamps, and reservoirs in major river systems throughout Thailand over an extended period of time. Since...Read more
Regional focus: 
ThailandEast Asia and Pacific

Inland Fisheries Progress in Thailand 1972

Published: 
January 15, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
The report recommends: greater responsibility for the Research Review Committee of the Inland Fisheries Division, effective cultural systems for the major food fishes, designing future production research, less emphasis on learning to spawn new species with pituitary injection, increased pelleted...Read more
Regional focus: 
ThailandEast Asia and Pacific

Developments in Fish Culture Research in Northeast, Brazil

Published: 
January 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
DNOCS, with the help of USAID and Auburn University, has established a solid research center with which to pass on tested systems of fish culture to the farmers of the Northeast and possibly to other countries of Latin and Central America. Research has shown that fish can be cultured economically...Read more
Regional focus: 
BrazilLatin America and the Caribbean

Resume of Auburn University's Participation in the Brazil Fisheries Project

Published: 
January 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
A short-term survey of fisheries development in Northeast Brazil was carried out June 27 - September 3, 1966 by a Team of three professors (Dendy, Shell, Prather) from Auburn's Fisheries Department under personal contracts with the U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. Preliminary...Read more
Regional focus: 
BrazilLatin America and the Caribbean

Chad, Sategui-Deressia Irrigation Project

Published: 
January 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
This document presents an assessment of the Sategui-Deressia rice irrigation project in Chad. The assessment looks at the agriculture, credit, access to markets, hydrology and project costs and offers recommendations for USAID.Read more
Regional focus: 
ChadSub-Saharan Africa

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