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

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

Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic

Published: 
March 1, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
The reports presented ere form a large amount of data and documentation produced each year on the fish resources off West Africa. The results of the surveys with the Dr. Fridtjof Nansen are considered valid for the areas covered and with the limitations imposed by species determination through test...Read more
Regional focus: 
GhanaSub-Saharan Africa

Artisan Fishery Technology: Ghana. a Case Study of a West African Fishery

Published: 
January 1, 1979
U.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
Regional focus: 
GhanaSub-Saharan Africa

IWMI Research Report: Treadle Pump Irrigation and Poverty in Ghana

iDE
This study examines the strategies used for dissemination of the treadle pump and the dynamics of its adoption and impacts, with a special focus on poverty alleviation. The data comes primarily from a survey of adopters and non-adopters in the Volta and Ashanti regions of Ghana.Read more
Regional focus: 
GhanaSub-Saharan Africa

UN-Water Country Brief: Ghana

Published: 
June 1, 2013
U.S. Department of State
A data-rich water national snapshot that serves as an easy reference of aggregated national information for decision makers.Read more
Regional focus: 
Ghana

Ghana - Water and Sanitation

Published: 
October 6, 2014
Millennium Challenge Corporation
The Ghana Community Services Activity was designed to complement the Agriculture Project by providing educational, water and sanitation and rural electrification infrastructure in the Intervention Zones and by enhancing the capacity of local governments to deliver the related services. These...Read more
Regional focus: 
Ghana

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