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
Djibouti Fisheries Development Project
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December 1, 1988U.S. Agency for International Development
This report is one of a series of Center for Development Information and Evaluation (CDIE) special studies analyzing the Agency for International Development's (A.I.D) experience in technology transfer. Whereas most previous CDIE evaluations emphasized the impact of projects on intended...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaTilapia Genetic Resources for Aquaculture: Proceedings of the Workshop on Tilapia Genetic Resources for Aquaculture, 23-24 March 1987, Bangkok, Thailand
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January 1, 1988U.S. Agency for International Development
Tilapia are African fish that are used in warm water aquaculture throughout the world. Some species, such as the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), are highly versatile, herbivorous-microphagous feeders well suited to low technology farming systems. However, tilapia culture outside of Africa...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaTriennial Review: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program
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December 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
The global experiment is the major CRSP research activity. It was designed to remove a major constraint to expanding pond aquaculture worldwide in pursuit of the CRSP goal of increasing the availability of animal protein in less developed countries through pond aquaculture.Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaWest African Living Marine Resource: Conservation and Management
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March 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
The waters off West Africa constitute one of the richest fishing grounds in the world. As the impacts of drought in Africa increase, the marine fisheries resource has become even more important to coastal African states, and in many cases is now viewed as the principal if not only remaining...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaSenegal River Basin Irrigation Review: Draft
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October 1, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development
The Government of Senegal (GOS) wishes to increase the national level of food self-sufficiency. In view of climatic constraints one of the ways to ensure and to increase crop production is through irrigation. The GOS targeted the Senegal Valley for development of irrigated agriculture at the rate...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaUSGS and USAID Partner to Conserve Forests, Water in Africa
U.S. Geological SurveyU.S. Agency for International Development
This resource offers an overview of the partnership between USAID and USGS working to conserve forests in Guinea. One of the many reasons that this project is critical is that Guinea's forest reserves replenish many of West Africa's life-sustaining waterways.Read more
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