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

Working Bibliography on East African Fisheries

Published: 
June 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
Defining East Africa broadly to include both the nations which bound the Great Lakes and the island nations in the Indian Ocean, this bibliography cites almost 600 sources of information on diverse aspects of the various types of fisheries found in the region. Contents are divided into two main...Read more
Regional focus: 
Congo, Dem. Rep.Sub-Saharan Africa

Lessons from Fisheries Development in West Africa: Purse Seine/Trawler Construction, Ghana

Published: 
June 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
This publication is one of five working papers that evaluates fisheries development projects in West Africa. This particular paper evaluates the purse seine/trawler construction project in Ghana, and compares the financial data obtained from the operations of the 10 vessels that were constructed by...Read more
Regional focus: 
GhanaSub-Saharan Africa

Lessons from Fisheries Development in West Africa: Oyster Culture Project, Sierra Leone

Published: 
June 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
This publication is one of five working papers that evaluates fisheries development projects in West Africa. This particular paper covers an oyster culture project in Sierra Leona, and discusses the possible factors that led to the non-implementation of the extension phase of the project.Read more
Regional focus: 
Sierra LeoneSub-Saharan Africa

Small Scale Pumping for Agriculture in Developing Countries

Published: 
April 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
There have been and still are a large number of photovoltaic (PV) powered pumping demonstrations and applications throughout the world. It has been estimated that approximately 700 PV powered pumping systems have been installed around the developing world in the last three years, and there are...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Estimated Trade and Consumption of Fish and Fishery Products in the CECAF Area

Published: 
March 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
With a view of assessing how far the new regime of the sea may have already influenced the fisheries sector, this paper analyzes the situation at the beginning of the 1980s concerning the role of domestic production and trade in fish consumption in the region.Read more
Regional focus: 
SenegalSub-Saharan Africa

Small Farmer Fish Production

Published: 
January 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
Evaluates project to increase the productivity of managed inland fish ponds in Cameroon. PES covers the period 8/80-7/83 and is based on document review, a site visit, and interviews with fishery station personnel and farmers. Despite two revisions to set more realistic goals, the project remains...Read more
Regional focus: 
CameroonSub-Saharan Africa

Action Memorandum for the Acting Assistant Administrator for Africa [: Zaire Fish Culture Expansion Amendment No. 2]

Published: 
January 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
This project was authorized in order to establish small farmer oriented fish culture extension programs in three regions of Zaire. Using Peace Corps volunteers as implementing agents, the project was designed to (1) establish a research and training capability at one of the fish stations; (2)...Read more
Regional focus: 
Congo, Democratic Republic of theSub-Saharan Africa

Rapid Mini Appraisal of Irrigation Development Options and Investment Strategies for Tanzania/USAID

Published: 
January 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Government of Tanzania's (GOT) recent emphasis on offsetting the effects of drought through small-scale irrigation projects that use local currency and self help is encouraged in this rapid survey of the country's irrigation sector. Incremental rather than long-term planning and the...Read more
Regional focus: 
TanzaniaSub-Saharan Africa

An Account of Fishery Development Projects in the CECAF Region

Published: 
January 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report describes trends in fishery development in the CECAF region by country, outlining the objectives of such projects as they relate to the needs of the countries.Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Midterm Evaluation of Semi-Arid Tropics Crops Research: Phase Ii, ICRISAT/Mali

Published: 
November 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International Development
ICRISAT/Mali has played a steadily expanding role in applied sorghum and millet breeding and related dryland farming agronomy in Mali since 1976. This mid-term evaluation effort has focused specifically on the past two-and-one-half years of this effort under current Phase II USAID bilateral...Read more
Regional focus: 
MaliSub-Saharan Africa

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