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

Review of National Laws and Legislations in the Philippines in Relation to Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM)

Published: 
January 1, 2013
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentWorld Wildlife Fund
Despite the Philippines' abundant fisheries resources, its marine ecosystems are showing signs of overfishing (FAO 2011). The country is experiencing rapid depletion of its aquatic resources, with 75 percent of its coral reefs degraded, and with its mangrove forest and its other fisheries...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

Cymatium muricinum and Other Ranellid Gastropods: Major Predators of Cultured Tridacnid Clams

Published: 
January 1, 1995
U.S. Agency for International Development
The recent development of technology for the ocean culture of juvenile giant clams (family Tridacnidae) in the South Pacific has brought attention to the predatory activities of a hitherto little studied mesogastropod genus, Cymatium (family Ranelidae). The results of research into relevant aspects...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

Performance Determinants of Irrigators Associations in National Irrigation Systems in Bicol, the Philippines: An Analysis

Published: 
January 1, 1995
U.S. Agency for International Development
A major problem perennially faced by an agricultural economy like the Philippines is low agricultural productivity. With the scarcity of agricultural land that can be additionally cultivated, the country's thrust therefore is towards maximizing productivity in this sector to adequately feed...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

Services of Provincial Irrigation Offices to Communal Irrigation Systems in Western Visayas, the Philippines

Published: 
January 1, 1995
U.S. Agency for International Development
With NIA's efforts toward institutional development and turnover of irrigation systems, donor-assisted irrigation projects in the recent past have included the development of Irrigators' Associations and irrigation management transfer as major components in project implementation. This...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

Final Report: Biotechnological Evaluation of Phycocolloid Quality for Marine Algal Improvement, 9/88-8/91

Published: 
March 1, 1994
U.S. Agency for International Development
This workshop provided a demonstration of carrageenan analytical methods recently developed during the AID project. It consisted of five full days in the Silliman University Marine Laboratory. The number of participants was ten, coming from the Philippine seaweed industry, government agencies and...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

20 Years of Aquaculture Research and Development: An Anniversary Souvenir Volume

Published: 
July 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
The establishment of the Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) was based on the proposal submitted by the Philippine Government for the implementation of an aquaculture project in the Philippines. The proposal was approved by the SEAFDEC Council...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

Multivariate Methods in Aquaculture Research: Case Studies of Tilapias in Experimental and Commercial Systems

Published: 
January 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
This contribution presents the rationale for the other chapters in this book, to which it serves as introduction. We discuss sequentially: our emphasis on tilapia (Oreochromis spp., Fam. Cichlidae), modelling of pond aquaculture, exploratory and con­ firmatory methods for multivariate analysis, the...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

Management Turnover of a Pump Irrigation System in The Philippines: The Farmer'S Way

Published: 
January 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Philippines' National Irrigation Administration (NIA) of the Philippines has piloted and implemented several approaches to organizing farmers to undertake management responsibilities for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of irrigation systems. in 1983, NIA piloted a new approach...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

ICLARM's Strategy for International Research on Living Aquatic Resources Management

Published: 
March 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
Aquatic resources are important for livelihood and consumption. Fish, including finfish, crustaceans, mollusks and seaweeds, are the fifth most important agricultural commodity. Developing countries catch and produce 52 million tons annually, over half of the world production. At least 50 million...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

Irrigation Management for Diversified Cropping in Rice-Based Systems in The Philippines

Published: 
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION IS evolving as an attractive alternative in agricultural development due to declining worldwide commodity prices of staple crops, particularly rice, instability and unsustainability of agricultural production systems based on single crops, and declining income of the...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

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