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Productivity and Efficiency

  • 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.

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Irrigation Development Project (IDP)

Published: 
June 1, 1994
U.S. Agency for International Development
Summarizes final evaluation (PD-ABH-884) of a project to support the construction and operation of approximately 5,258 hectares of irrigation systems in Honduras. Evaluation covers the period 1986-10/93. USAID/H's comments on the evaluation are as follows. Given that a baseline survey was...Read more
Regional focus: 
HondurasLatin America and the Caribbean

Final Evaluation of Irrigation Development Project, Proriego, Project No. 522-0268

Published: 
September 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
Final external evaluation of a project (1986-9/930 to upgrade irrigation technology in Honduras. Irrigation systems were constructed on 5,255 ha, and three irrigation districts in Comayagua Valley were rehabilitated, leading to increased production and productivity, mainly in export crops. Export...Read more
Regional focus: 
HondurasLatin America and the Caribbean

Final Report: Water Optimization of Rain Fed Tropical Cropping

Published: 
June 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
The project was conducted as an effort to produce information on how to better deal with water shortages and excesses that keep yields of rain fed crop production low and highly variable. As part of the project, an analytical tool in the form of a water balance computer model was to be developed...Read more
Regional focus: 
Costa RicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Project Assistance Completition [I.E. Completion] Report: Inland Fisheries II, OPG 517-0162

Published: 
March 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
PACR of a project (1982-1985) to promote freshwater fish production in the Dominican Republic by expanding hatchery facilities, developing baseline data, and improving interagency coordination. The project succeeded in expanding existing hatchery facilities and partially achieved the other two...Read more
Regional focus: 
Dominican RepublicLatin America and the Caribbean

Feasibility of Freshwater Prawn Production in Belize

Published: 
January 1, 1990
U.S. Agency for International Development
This study conducted by RDA International, Inc., for the Government of Belize under USAID contract, examines the feasibility of commercial export-oriented production and marketing of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii in Belize, reviews physical requirements including Boils types and...Read more
Regional focus: 
BelizeLatin America and the Caribbean

Belize Aquarium Fish and Shellfish Study

Published: 
January 1, 1990
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this project is to assist the country of Belizein diversifying its exports and to develop its import substitutes in an economically efficient manner. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has requested the execution of a number of feasibility studies designed...Read more
Regional focus: 
BelizeLatin America and the Caribbean

Special Report: University of South Carolina, Scampi [South Carolina Aquaculture and Marine Internationals] -- January 30 - September 30, 1989: 1988/89 El Salvador Caps Program

Published: 
September 1, 1989
U.S. Agency for International Development
Objectives of Ihe program included improvement of the trainees' listening proficiency to a level at whichthey could understand simple conversations and short lectures on topics in areas of interest (includingaquaculture). This improvement was measured at the end of the training period by the...Read more
Regional focus: 
El SalvadorLatin America and the Caribbean

Review of the Turks and Caicos Smithsonian Research Grant (No. 538-0140-6-00-7069-00) Project in Mariculture

Published: 
February 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
The U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) requested that the U.S. National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council (NAS/NRC), through the Board on Science and Technology for Research and Development (BOSTID),". ..conduct a peer review of aquacultural, maricultural and marine...Read more
Regional focus: 
Latin America and the Caribbean

Audit of the Program for Education and Rraining of Human Resources in Farming and Fishing with the National Commission of Loans for Education in Costa Rica: Public Law 480, Title I Funds

Published: 
July 14, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
Evaluates the use of P.L. 480 Title I funds by Costa Rica's National Commission of Loans for Education (CONAPE) for its Program for Education and Training of Human Resources in Farming and Fishing. Non-Federal audit, conducted by Price Waterhouse of Costa Rica, covers the period 9/83-9/85 and...Read more
Regional focus: 
Costa RicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Integrated Strategy to Promote a Sustainable Shrimp Mariculture Industry in Ecuador

Published: 
April 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
As the world's leading producer of cultured shrimp since 1983, Ecuador has profited from its shrimp mariculture industry; however, the industry has also been the major cause of changes in Ecuador's coastal ecosystems. This report presents in summary form the principal findings and...Read more
Regional focus: 
EcuadorLatin America and the Caribbean

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