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

Irrigation of Community Gardens in Panama

Published: 
November 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
The primary purpose of this assignment in Panama was to assist USAID and the Ministerio de Salud in improving the irrigation of community gardens. In an effort to improve the nutrition of the people living in small communities throughout the country, there are plans to organize more than 200 small...Read more
Regional focus: 
PanamaLatin America and the Caribbean

Lake Izabal Fisheries Survey

Published: 
September 5, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
In response to a request by the Government of Guatemala and under the sponsorship of USAID, a pre-feasibility fishery survey was conducted from June 11 to 22, 1973, on the Lake Izabal, Rio Dulce, El Golfete system. The objectives were to provide the Ministry of Agriculture with recommendations for...Read more
Regional focus: 
GuatemalaLatin America and the Caribbean

Technical Assistance in Freshwater Fisheries Development in Haiti, August 1973

Published: 
September 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
At the request of the Haitian Government, USAID/Haiti provided for two weeks technical assistance in freshwater fisheries through the International Center for Aquaculture, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. The travel, study and consultations with Haitian fisheries personnel was carried out...Read more
Regional focus: 
HaitiLatin America and the Caribbean

Fish Culture Extension Project: Brazil, Dec. 1972-June, 1973

Published: 
June 20, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
Major progress towards implementing a self-sufficient extension service within the DNOCS Directorate of Fisheries and Fishculture was made during the second semester of the present contract. The most meaningful advance was the naming of a permanent, trained DNOCS fishculturist to head the fish...Read more
Regional focus: 
BrazilLatin America and the Caribbean

Irrigation and Non-Irrigation Alternatives for Reducing Sugar Cane Transportation Costs in Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Published: 
June 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of the study was to investigate possible cost-reducing options for sugar cane transportation in Santa Cruz. Physical factors and costs involved in the production of cane, transportation costs, locations and distances of growers from mills, and volume of cane transported constitute the...Read more
Regional focus: 
BoliviaLatin America and the Caribbean

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

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

Development Programs for Inland and Coastal Fisheries for Latin American Countries

Published: 
January 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
This study covers the development programs for inland and costal fisheries for Latin-American countries.Read more
Regional focus: 
Latin America and the Caribbean

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