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 Technology and Commercialization of Rice in the Gambia: Effects on Income and Nutrition

Published: 
August 1, 1989
U.S. Agency for International Development
The potential for improving household-level food security in sub-Saharan Africa through new agricultural technology is assessed in this report. The study focuses on a project in The Gambia which introduced mechanical pump irrigation and improved drainage for rain fed and tidal irrigation to some 7...Read more
Regional focus: 
Gambia, TheSub-Saharan Africa

Djibouti Fisheries Development Project

Published: 
December 1, 1988
U.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
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Farm Size and Efficiency in Irrigated Agriculture: the Case of the Zimbabwe Communal Areas

Published: 
July 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
One of the principal socioeconomic issues in irrigation design is the size of holdings to be allocated to individual farm households. The major arguments for larger versus smaller plot sizes concern equity - allocating a given amount of irrigable land to larger or smaller numbers of poor farmers -...Read more
Regional focus: 
ZimbabweSub-Saharan Africa

Small-Scale Water Pumping in Botswana Volume V: Other Pumping Technologies

Published: 
June 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
The major objectives of this volume is to report on the evaluation of four pumping technologies (animal-drawn, biogas substitution, alternating-current electrical, and hand-operated pumps). The evaluation aims to provide as clear a picture as possible of the state of technology development,...Read more
Regional focus: 
BotswanaSub-Saharan Africa

Jess Report on Fisheries

Published: 
June 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report details the results of a consultancy to assess the potential impacts of construction of the Baardheere Dam on downstream fish populations and fisheries development in the Jubba [Juba] Valley in Somalia. The goals of this fishery assessment were to describe the status of the fisheries...Read more
Regional focus: 
SomaliaSub-Saharan Africa

Proceedings of the Forum on the Performance of Irrigated Agriculture in Africa

Published: 
March 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report contains a number of different reports on the topic of irrigated agriculture in Africa. Delineating the important issue which constrain the performance of irrigated agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa; and strengthening the effectiveness of African irrigation professionals in dealing with...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Bureaucratic and Farmer Participation in Irrigation Development

Published: 
March 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
This key objective of this study is to provide services in irrigated regions of the world for improving water management practices in the design and operation of existing and future irrigation projects and give guidance to USAID for selecting and implementing development options and investment...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Methodologies for Interdisciplinary Diagnosis of Irrigation Systems: Review and Analysis of the Methodologies Used for Irrigation System Diagnosis Under the Water Management Synthesis II Project

Published: 
March 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
This program was an effort to synthesize the understanding of personnel from the managiing universities into an integrated perspective for application in improving irrigation water management around the world. One part of this program was to synthesize understanding about diagnosis of irrigation...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Small-Scale Irrigation -- a Foundation for Rural Growth in Zimbabwe: Report of the Zimbabwe Joint Field Workshop

Published: 
February 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
Successful small-scale irrigation can provide employment and generate income in rural areas and thus can provide a foundation for rural development and growth. This report investigated a range of small-scale irrigation schemes in Zimbabwe, the results of the workshop with findings and...Read more
Regional focus: 
ZimbabweSub-Saharan Africa

Tilapia Genetic Resources for Aquaculture: Proceedings of the Workshop on Tilapia Genetic Resources for Aquaculture, 23-24 March 1987, Bangkok, Thailand

Published: 
January 1, 1988
U.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
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

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