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

Integration of Intensive and Semi-Intensive Aquaculture: Concept and Example

Published: 
May 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
An experiment on integrating walking catfish and tilapia culture was conducted for 5 months. Walking catfish were reared intensively in cages in ponds, with sex-reversed male tilapia stocked in the ponds to use the catfish wastes. While the catfish were treated with supplemental feed, the tilapia...Read more

Irrigation Systems Management Project, Phase II, Project Number 391-0467: Report on End-of-Project Workshop, Pearl Continental Hotel, Bhurban, [Pakistan], 18-19 April 1993

Published: 
April 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
An End-of-Project Workshop for the Irrigation Systems Management Project - Phase II (ISM-II) was held on April 18 and 19, 1993 at the Pearl-Continental Hotel in Bhurban near Murree. The purpose of this workshop was to elicit comments, evaluations, and recommendations from officials of the PIDs and...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Role of Sulfate Ions in the Potential to Replace Refined Feeds with Agricultural Residues in Mariculture

Published: 
April 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
Overall objectives are to evaluate the role of the sulfate-sulfide transition, and specifically the role of sulfide as a toxin that limits the availability of natural foods in brackish salt water, earthen fish ponds. Utilizing this information, pond management strategies will be evaluated with the...Read more

Feeding Habits of Tilapias and the Limnology [ i.e. Limnology] of Lake Victoria: Final Report, 1989-1991

Published: 
April 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
Alterations in Lake Victoria's food chain connection and limnology have resulted following the introduction of Nile perch and Nile tilapia in the 1950s and '60s. This report presents analyses of samples drawn from the Lake and its fisheries between 1988-1990 and of feeding experiments...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Irrigation Management Systems Project: Review and Planning Workshop, April 1-4, 1993, Port Said, Egypt

Published: 
April 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Irrigation Management Systems (IMS) Project is at a critical transition point. in anticipation of the scheduled completion date of 1995, the ten component activities must increase their level of coordination and cooperation in order to ensure that the units can be successfully assimilated into...Read more
Regional focus: 
Middle East and North Africa

Oman Fisheries Development and Management Project: Quarterly Progress Report Seven -- January 1, 1993-March 31, 1993

Published: 
April 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
Initially conceived and implemented as a project with broadly based activities in technical assistance, training, and commodity procurement activities, the Fisheries Development and Management Project (FDMP) was initiated in May 1991. in October 1992 a project evaluation by USAID recommended a...Read more
Regional focus: 
Middle East and North Africa

Helmand-Arghandab Valley Irrigation System -- a Change Assessment: 1973-1990

Published: 
February 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Helmand-Arghandab Valley irrigation system in southern Afghanistan is one of the country's most important capital resources. Prior to the civil and military conflict that has engulfed Afghanistan for more than 15 years, land irrigated by the system produced a large proportion of the...Read more
Regional focus: 
AfghanistanSouth East Asia

Title XII Collaborative Research Support Program: Tenth Annual Administrative Report (1 September 1991 to 31 August 1992)

Published: 
February 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program (PD/A CRSP) is an international effort to develop aquacultural technology as a means of confronting food and nutritional problems in developing countries, and to help people learn management skills and earn income. The program is...Read more

Coastal Fisheries and Brackish Water Aquaculture in Sri Lanka

Published: 
January 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
This document explores several aspects of Sri Lanka's Coastal Fisheries and Brackishwater Aquaculture. Topics within this publication include: Fishing Population, Fish Production and Resources, Fishing Fleet, Imports, Exports and Supply Situation, Brackishwater Aquaculture, as well as Non-...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Operating Guidelines: Egypt Project in Cooperation With The Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Crsp

Published: 
January 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
The goal of CRSP Research Reports is to publish all research produced by Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture CRSP activities, with the exception of research related directly to the Global Experiment. Research Reports is primarily a gray-literature publication, meaning that we publish those papers that might...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

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