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 Projects Document Review: Central and South America

Published: 
February 1, 1981
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
This study was conducted as part of the Water Management Synthesis Project, a program funded and assisted by USAID. Utah State University and Colorado State University served as lead universities for the project. This report focuses on findings in Central and South America.Read more
Regional focus: 
Latin America and the Caribbean

Sociocultural Correlates of Success Among Small-Scale Fishermen in Northwest Costa Rica

Published: 
November 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper looks at sociocultural correlates of success among small scale fisherman in northwest Costa Rica. The principal goal of most international development agencies today is to provide for the basic human needs of the poor of the world. This basic human needs approach to development is rather...Read more
Regional focus: 
Costa RicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Final Report: Exploratory Test Drilling and Preliminary Water Resource Evaluation, Plaine De L'Arbre - Haiti

Published: 
July 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
The principle objective of the study was to identify favorable well-drilling locations and to develop as many production wells as practicable within the limitations of the ground water resource and available funding. Specifically, the study was intended to: a) identify localities where there is...Read more
Regional focus: 
HaitiLatin America and the Caribbean

Consumption/Nutrition Impact Evaluation Component; Panama Managed Fish Production Project

Published: 
April 16, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
Analyzes the feasibility of measuring the consumption impact of a proposed project to develop and manage fish ponds in Panama. Interviews with villagers in three communities in the Veraguas region showed that: energy as well as protein is limited in the rural diet; protein intake is low in...Read more
Regional focus: 
PanamaLatin America and the Caribbean

Progress Report on Fisheries Development in Northeast Brazil

Published: 
February 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report summarizes the pertinent activities related to fishery and fish culture research and training within the DNOCS fishery organization during the period January 1, 1977 - December 31, 1978. Previous progress reports describe fisheries development in Northeast Brazil.Read more
Regional focus: 
BrazilLatin America and the Caribbean

Social Soundness Analysis: Managed Fish Production Project, Panama

Published: 
February 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
As of 1976 there were, in effect, no managed fishponds in Panama and certainly none whose principal purpose was to improve the well-being of nutritionally and economically disadvantaged populations. This paper provides an overview of a project designed to address those challenges and others in...Read more
Regional focus: 
PanamaLatin America and the Caribbean

Assessment of Irrigation Activities in Bolivia

Published: 
January 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
The use of irrigation in Bolivia is very inefficient. Although approximately two-thirds of the nation's population is engaged in agriculture, production remains at a low level. Traditional production methods, poor management, and lack of capital are primary obstacles to improved productivity...Read more
Regional focus: 
BoliviaLatin America and the Caribbean

Beliefs About Benefits of Fishermen's Cooperatives on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica

Published: 
August 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze small scale fishermen's perceived benefits of belonging to a cooperative in several communities in the Gulf of Nicoya and the northwest region of Guanacaste, Costa Rica.Read more
Regional focus: 
Costa RicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Structure and Performance of Wholesale Marketing of Finfish in Costa Rica

Published: 
July 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
This study looks at structure and performance of wholesale marketing of finfish in Costa Rica. This paper is one in a series of studies on small scale fisheries development in less developed countries. The data for the study were obtained from field surveys of the Costa Rican small scale fishery by...Read more
Regional focus: 
Costa RicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Future Orientation Among the Small-Scale Fishermen of the Northwest Coast of Costa Rica

Published: 
July 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
This study looks at future orientation among the small-scale fishermen of the northwest coast of Costa Rica. An important component to be considered in any situation of proposed techno-economic change is the temporal perspective of the population involved. It is clear that participation in change...Read more
Regional focus: 
Costa RicaLatin America and the Caribbean

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