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 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 Report: On-Farm Irrigation Development Assistance

Published: 
September 1, 1993
U.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
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

Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Data Reports -- Volume Six, Number One, Honduras Project: Cycle I of the CRSP Global Experiment

Published: 
April 27, 1990
U.S. Agency for International Development
The objective of this research was to quantify the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of experimental ponds, stocked with Oreochromis niloticus and fertilized only with phosphorus, during the dry and rainy seasons (CRSP First Work Plan, undated). Fish yields after 150 days were...Read more
Regional focus: 
HondurasLatin America and the Caribbean

Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Data Reports -- Volume Six, Number Three, Honduras Project: Cycle III of the CRSP Global Experiment

Published: 
December 21, 1989
U.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
Regional focus: 
HondurasLatin America and the Caribbean

Honduran Fisheries Survey

Published: 
January 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International Development
A report covering a survey of fisheries in Honduras to develop a program to utilize the fish taken in the shrimp fishery that were being discarded.Read more
Regional focus: 
HondurasLatin America and the Caribbean

Needs and Requirements for Irrigation, Comayagua and Vicinity, Honduras

Published: 
June 1, 1972
U.S. Agency for International Development
The valley areas in the vicinity of Comayagua and Siuatepeque offer considerable potential for agricultural development. Irrigation facilities have been constructed capable of delivering irrigation water to areas for more extensive than those currently irrigated. An analysis is made of the adequacy...Read more
Regional focus: 
HondurasLatin America and the Caribbean

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