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

Rapid Appraisal of Nepal Irrigation Systems

Published: 
April 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
The objective of the rapid appraisals was to provide USAID and Nepal officials with relevant information on potential project sites.Read more
Regional focus: 
NepalSouth East Asia

Nepal's Small and Medium Scale Irrigation Sector: Report of the Special U.S. Review Team

Published: 
November 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
In June 1984, three U.S. experts conducted an in-country study of Nepal's small and medium scale irrigation sector and assessed its needs for assistance. The team's key conclusions, presented herein, are: (1) Irrigation water management is the most neglected aspect of Nepal's water...Read more
Regional focus: 
NepalSouth East Asia

Seminar on Prospects of Aquaculture in Nepal

Published: 
February 19, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
"Aquaculture" means the organized culture or cultivation of useful aquatic animals and plants in enclosed water bodies. In Nepal, at present aquaculture is limited only to the cultivation of fish. This paper deals with what has been done in Nepal for fish culture and fisheries development...Read more
Regional focus: 
NepalSouth East Asia

Irrigation Development Options and Investment Strategies for the 1980'S: Nepal

Published: 
March 1, 1981
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
The irrigation development options and investment strategies available to A.I.D. in Nepal's hill country are assessed. First, review of development options concludes in favor of irrigation system improvement over expansion and of small- over large-scale projects. Considerable effort should be...Read more
Regional focus: 
NepalSouth East Asia

Duck - Cum - Fish Culture: a Research Proposal

U.S. Agency for International Development
Fish production is taking place in nepal. Higher production will ultimately improve nutrition and will bring fish within economical reach of the Nepalese. This review of literature shows that the quantity of fish and duck production projected in the research project proposal is justifiable. A brief...Read more
Regional focus: 
NepalSouth East Asia

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