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
Final Report: On-Farm Irrigation Development Assistance
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September 1, 1993U.S. Agency for International Development
In March of 1990, a contract was entered into between the contractor and USAID/Honduras for services to the Government of Honduras in the development of on-farm irrigation systems. The work was to be done through the PRORIEGO program, sponsored by USAID and the Government of Honduras and under the...Read more
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HondurasLatin America and the CaribbeanShrimp Mariculture Development in Ecuador: Resource Policy Issues
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November 1, 1992U.S. Agency for International Development
During the past 15 years, Ecuador has become the Western Hemisphere's leading producer and exporter of shrimp. Growth has come about largely through mariculture development. About 8,000 MT of shrimp have been captured off the Ecuadorian coast each year since the late 1970s. Meanwhile, pond...Read more
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EcuadorLatin America and the CaribbeanRole of a Silage-Microbe Mat in Conjunction With The Detrital Trophic Level As a Complete Natural Fish Feeds System for Tilapia Aquaculture in The Dominican Republic
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June 1, 1992U.S. Agency for International Development
Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, feeding on a microbial matecosystem dominated by the cyanobacteriim, Oscillatoria, grew faster than control tilapia fed at 3% of their body weight per day. This has been shown in previous experiments where ensiled grass stimulated a bacterial and cyanobacterial (blue...Read more
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Dominican RepublicLatin America and the CaribbeanContribuciones Para El Estudio De La Pesca Artesanal En America Latina: Proceedings of The Mini-Symposium on Small-Scale Fisheries of The 46Th International Congress of Americanists, 4-8 Jul 1988
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January 1, 1992U.S. Agency for International Development
An analysis of small-scale fisheries within the evolution of fisheries sector of Latin America is conducted with emphasis on the relative stagnating conditions of the former. a discussion of the characteristics of the artisanal fisheries sector determining its structural duality, heterogeneity and...Read more
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Latin America and the CaribbeanAguadulce, Panama: Cycle II of The Global Experiment
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June 1, 1991U.S. Agency for International Development
This report covers the dry and wet season studies of Cycle I of the CRSP Global Experiment, which were conducted during 1985 in Gualaca. The purpose of the studies was to establish a baseline of physical, chemical, biological, and hydrologicalcharacteristics for a set of ponds being fertilized...Read more
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PanamaLatin America and the CaribbeanEcological and Economic Impacts of Shrimp Trawling in Belize
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April 1, 1991U.S. Agency for International Development
Commercial trawling for shrimp began in Belize in 1985 and has continued to the present. Development of the industry has progressed without knowledge of the magnitude of the bycatch and possible ecological and economic impacts.RDA International in 1990, was contracted by USAID-Belize to identify...Read more
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BelizeLatin America and the CaribbeanGualaca, Panama: Cycle I of The Global Experiment
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April 1, 1991U.S. Agency for International Development
This report covers the dry and wet season studies of Cycle I of the CRSP Global Experiment, which were conducted during 1985 in Gualaca. The purpose of the studies was to establish a baseline of physical, chemical, biological, and hydrologicalcharacteristics for a set of ponds being fertilized...Read more
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PanamaLatin America and the CaribbeanAID grant no. 598-0616-G-00-0047-00 to the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey -- Campus Guaymas for training and technical assistance to promote the adoption of turtle excluder devices (TEDs) by the Mexican shrimp trawler fleet
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September 21, 1990U.S. Agency for International Development
Grant is provided under the regional Intercountry Technology Transfer project to Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Guaymas campus, to promote the wide- scale adoption of turtle excluder devices (TED's) throughout the Mexican shrimp fishing industry. Without the TED...Read more
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Latin America and the CaribbeanPond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Data Reports -- Volume Six, Number Three, Honduras Project: Cycle III of the CRSP Global Experiment
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December 21, 1989U.S. Agency for International Development
The Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture CRSP has been studying the dynamics of tilapia production ponds in the tropics subjected to differing nutrient additions since the initiation of field experiments in January 1984. A low level of phosphorus, as triple-superphosphate, was added to ponds during the rainy...Read more
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HondurasLatin America and the CaribbeanAge Determination and Growth for Two Corvinas, Cynoscion Stolzmanni and Cynoscion Squamipinnis in the Gulf of Nicoya
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September 1, 1989U.S. Agency for International Development
Age determination and growth for two corvinas, coliamarilla (Cynoscion stoltzmanni) and aguada (Cynoscion quamipinnis), was studied. Validation of age determination on otoliths was carried out by the analysis of length-frequency analysis using the method of Macdonald and Pitcher (1979) and the...Read more
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