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
Report to Aid in Support of a Project on Expanding Non-Agricultural Uses of Irrigation Water
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July 31, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development
A survey of existing literature and interviews with 25 development practitioners provide the basis for this report on the health effects of pesticides in water used for drinking and for irrigation in developing countries. Individual chapters of the report: (1) identify the organic compounds found...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaNon-Agricultural Uses of Irrigation Systems: Past Experience and Implications for Planning and Design
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July 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development
A review of developing country experience in using irrigation water for domestic and other nonagricultural purposes prefaces this study of the feasibility of designing multipurpose irrigation systems. Technical and cultural factors affecting feasibility are addressed, and multipurpose systems in...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaNon-Agricultural Uses of Irrigation Systems: Household Water Supplies
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June 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development
The magnitude of the world's need for water signaled by the UN Drinking Water and Sanitation Decade, the adverse health effects of irrigation projects, and the increasing awareness of the basic link between water and health provide the background for this study of the feasibility of designing...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaFisheries Resource Assessment
Published:
January 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development
Project to help the Government of Senegal (GOS) to better determine the availability, distribution, and variety of fish off its coastline by providing the GOS Centre de Recherches Oceaniographiques de Dakar-Thiaroye (CRODT) with the hydroacoustic equipment needed to improve its fish-finding and...Read more
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Senegal, Sub-Saharan AfricaReview of Aquaculture Development Activities in Central and West Africa
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August 22, 1979U.S. Agency for International Development
Fish farming is not widely practiced in Central and West Africa despite promotion efforts dating back to the 1940's, the acceptance of fish as a food by the vast majority of people, and the availability of suitable lands. The purpose of this study is to assess the reasons why these efforts...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaArtisan Fishery Technology: Ghana. a Case Study of a West African Fishery
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January 1, 1979U.S. Agency for International Development
This report is a case study of fish harvesting, handling preparation, and marketing techniques, and, also, fish consumption patterns currently existing in Ghana. The intent of this research was to determine the constraints to increased productivity of the Ghana fishing industry. The authors of this...Read more
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Ghana, Sub-Saharan AfricaZimbabwe, Anticipation of Economic and Humanitarian Needs: White and Black Irrigation in Rhodesia
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January 20, 1977U.S. Agency for International Development
The uncertainty of the Rhodesian situation makes it extremely difficult to project or make recommendations for irrigated agriculture. This paper discusses environmental conditions, African irrigation, European irrigation, regional development, and recommendations. The African irrigation projects...Read more
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Zimbabwe, Sub-Saharan AfricaBarriers to Expanding Irrigated Agriculture in Sub-Sahara Africa Imposed By Pumping Costs
U.S. Agency for International Development
The costs associated with irrigation pumping, in particular the cost of energy, are assessed in relation to their potential impact on irrigation expansion plans, agricultural economics, and the energy sector. In the Sahel, where the percentage of irrigated agricultural land requiring pumping will...Read more
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Senegal, Sub-Saharan AfricaNirobox™ Seawater Desalination for Coastal Resort
RWL Water
Case study on how RWL Water introduced containerized desalination in Costa Rica. Read more
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