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

Ethnoicthyology of Small-Scale Fishermen of Puntarenas, Costa Rica I: Taxonomy

Published: 
June 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
Its obvious that it is necessary to understand a given system if one wishes to effect desired changes within it. If human beings compose one of the units within the system, and if their actions are necessary to effect the desired changes, then it is essential to understand their perceptions of...Read more
Regional focus: 
Costa RicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Evaluation/Inland Fisheries Program/June 1979, USAID/DR OPG No. 517-0123

Published: 
June 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this pilot project is to develop economically viable fishponds on small farms which produce a food crop (fish) through methods which the typical small farmer, agriculture association, and/or rural community can afford, and manage. The principal long range goal of the project is...Read more
Regional focus: 
Dominican RepublicLatin America and the Caribbean

Amendment to Project Grant Agreement Between the Republic of Peru and the United States of America for Fresh Water Fisheries Development in the Department of Ancash

Published: 
June 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
The introduction of the agreement specifies that it is executed in accordance with the general terms of the General Agreement for the technical cooperation between the Republic of Peru and the United States of America, signed January 25, 1951.Read more
Regional focus: 
PeruLatin America and the Caribbean

Inland Fisheries Development: Project Evaluation Summary

Published: 
April 9, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
SECOND ANNUAL PROJECT EVALUATION SUMMARY EVALUATES USAID-FUNDED INLAND FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT PROJ IN JAMAICA THROUGH NOV 1978. PROJ DESIGNED TO CREATE WITHIN JAMAICAN MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (MOA) THE INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITY TO SUPPORT A FRESH-WATER FISHERIES PROGRAM, CONTRIBUTING TO INCREASED IN-...Read more
Regional focus: 
JamaicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Project Evaluation Summary: Fisheries Training Center (Brazil)

Published: 
December 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
A project evaluation summary for the Fisheries Training Center project in Brazil. The evaluation determines that Brazil made excellent progress, allowing the contract for the project to be terminated and to phase out the USAID role in Brazil.Read more
Regional focus: 
BrazilLatin America and the Caribbean

Appraisal Report: Auburn University, Aquaculture and Aid

Published: 
December 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
Among the poorest in many countries are artisanal coastal fishermen who own little primitive capital equipment and must live from hand to mouth on the basis of each day's catch. Similarly, as far as inland fishing goes, the very poor also lack the land, water, or capital resources to practice...Read more
Regional focus: 
Latin America and the Caribbean

Fresh Water Fisheries Development

Published: 
October 5, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
EVALUATES PROJECT TO ESTABLISH A VIABLE MODEL FOR INCREASING TROUT PRODUCTION IN PERU DURING 1978. EVAL CONDUCTED THROUGGH REVIEW OF PROJECT REPORTS, ONSITE VISITS, AND DISCUSSIONS WITH BENEFICIARIES AND COUNTERPART OFFICIALS CONCLUDES THAT THE PROJECT IS NOT ON SCHEDULE. LACK OF COORDINATION AND...Read more
Regional focus: 
PeruLatin America and the Caribbean

Black Bush and Tapakuma Irrigation Projects, Georgetown, Guyana; Trip Report

Published: 
May 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Guyana Small Farm Development Project is AID's portion of a jointly financed project in the Black Bush area of Guyana. The global project proposes to rehabilitate an existing rice irrigation system and extend it so rice can be double cropped on some 75,000 acres. The AID component will...Read more
Regional focus: 
GuyanaLatin America and the Caribbean

Project Evaluation of the Inland Fisheries Development Project

Published: 
May 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
A project evaluation of the USAID Inland Fisheries Development Project in Jamaica, October 1976-1977.Read more
Regional focus: 
JamaicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Investigation Into the Microbiological Quality of Fish in Guatemala and Costa Rica

Published: 
January 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
Two preliminary surveys were made on the quality of fish caught by artisan fishers in Costa Rica and Guatemala. The presence of microbiological contamination was tested from point of catch to sale in Costa Rica, and in various retail markets in Guatemala. Observations were made on sanitary...Read more
Regional focus: 
Costa RicaLatin America and the Caribbean

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