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

Amendment Number 2 to the Project Grant Agreement Between the Republic of Cape Verde and the United States of America for Desalination and Power (Sal Island)

Published: 
February 1, 1981
U.S. Agency for International Development
The project is a four-year planning, construction, installation and training effort. The principal focus is on providing 50 liters of water per day to up to 6,000 persons and 100 KWH of electrical energy per month to 1,100 households. To this end, the project proposes to finance: (a) the purchase...Read more
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Cabo VerdeSub-Saharan Africa

Irrigation Projects Document Review: Near East and Africa

Published: 
February 1, 1981
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
This study was conducted as part of the Water Management Synthesis Project, a program funded and assisted by USAID. Utah State University and Colorado State University served as lead universities for the project. This report focuses on findings in Africa.Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

International Fisheries Training Program

Published: 
January 1, 1981
U.S. Agency for International Development
This two-year training program was devised to provide training to students with varied educational and experimental backgrounds in common fisheries curricula and then other specialties in order to meet the needs of developing countries for trained technical manpower to promote commercial fisheries.Read more
Regional focus: 
Guinea-BissauSub-Saharan Africa

Fisheries Resource Assessment

Published: 
January 1, 1981
U.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
Regional focus: 
SenegalSub-Saharan Africa

Summary Report of the ICLARM Conference on the Biology and Culture of Tilapias, Bellagio, Italy, 2-5 September 1980

Published: 
January 1, 1981
U.S. Agency for International Development
This document provides details of Tilapia fishing specifically with respect to developing countries in Africa and other tropical areas and the potential for expansion of Tilapia fishing in such areas. It focuses on ways to increase Tilapia production.Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Investments in Large Scale Infrastructure: Irrigation and River Management in the Sahel

Published: 
January 1, 1981
U.S. Agency for International Development
To determine whether large-scale irrigation infrastructure projects (IIP) in the Sahel are consistent with the Congressional mandate that A.I.D. projects benefit the poor majority, this report reviews existing IIP's and the Sahel's current irrigation needs in light of the mandate's...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Energy in Irrigation in Developing Countries: an Analysis of Energy Factors to Be Included in a National Food Policy

Published: 
December 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
In response to the challenge posed by escalating increases in the amount of energy needed for irrigation in developing countries, this report analyzes current energy consumption in irrigation, renewable energy technologies, and relevant food policy issues facing developing country governments. The...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Trip Report: Evaluation of Ocean Fisheries Management Needs in Nigeria, Senegal and Mauritania, 6-20 April 1980

Published: 
April 20, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
This trip was a partial response to a suggestion made last January by the US Ambassador to Senegal. The fisheries situation turned out to be essentially the same in all three countries, differences being only of degree.Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Tropical Man-Made Lakers, African Fish and Cheap Protein

Published: 
January 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
In modern times, reservoir construction with multipurpose objectives has been undertaken on a massive scale, especially since the advent of hydroelectric power generation. In many areas, however, the least utilized resource of reservoirs is the fishery. Often, no provision is made for a fishery...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Development of Irrigated Agriculture in Upper Volta: Proposals for a Second Program, 1980-1985

Published: 
October 1, 1979
U.S. Agency for International Development
A study mission went to Upper Volta to examine conditions in the irrigated farming sector with the competent authorities, reviewed the status of programs and their implementation and discussed operations for the coming years. The conclusions and recommendations are presented in this report.Read more
Regional focus: 
Burkina FasoSub-Saharan Africa

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