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

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 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

Small-Scale and Smallholder Irrigation in Zimbabwe: Analysis of Opportunities for Improvements

Published: 
November 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
Assistance to Zimbabwe's small-scale irrigation sector, according to this report, must focus on expanding the country's already impressive irrigation program in such a way as to also increase the magnitude of irrigation's contribution to Zimbabwe's overall development. The bulk...Read more
Regional focus: 
ZimbabweSub-Saharan Africa

International Center for Aquaculture; Final Report

Published: 
January 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose was to provide core support for the maintenance and further development of Auburn's capability to promote utilization of aquaculture and to further the development of that capability in the war on poverty and hunger in the LDCs. Funds were to broaden discipline base as applied to...Read more
Regional focus: 
ZimbabweSub-Saharan Africa

Zimbabwe, Anticipation of Economic and Humanitarian Needs: White and Black Irrigation in Rhodesia

Published: 
January 20, 1977
U.S. Agency for International Development
The uncertainty of the Rhodesian situation makes it extremely difficult to project or make recommendations for irrigated agriculture. This paper discusses environmental conditions, African irrigation, European irrigation, regional development, and recommendations. The African irrigation projects...Read more
Regional focus: 
ZimbabweSub-Saharan Africa

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