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

NIMBUS Lab

Publication date:
January 1, 2014
Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
DWFI faculty fellow Carrick Detweiler is involved in several research projects on using unmanned aerial vehicles for water quality sampling and crop surveyingRead more

Nebraska Agricultural Water Management Network

Publication date:
January 1, 2014
Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
DWFI faculty fellow Suat Irmak leads this network, which works with natural resources districts and farmers to implement water and soil moisture sensors on growers' fields.Read more

Small Grains Breeding Research

Publication date:
January 1, 2013
Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
DWFI faculty fellow Stephen Baenzier is researching new cultivars of winter wheat, barley, and triticale along with teaching and developing new breeding methodsRead more

Fish May Be Cash Crop for Arizona Farmers

The National Institutes for Water Resources
Variants of aquaculture exist depending upon the prevailing conditions of an area. For example, fish farming operations in Arizona, a mostly hot, arid region, will differ from what occurs in the Southeast, a wet region and the center of aquaculture in the United States. Desert aquaculture is lesser...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Abandoned Farmland Often Is Troubled Land in Need of Restoration

The National Institutes for Water Resources
Land plowed, fertilized, and irrigated obviously is useful land, with purpose and value. No longer farmed and lying fallow, that same land may be barren or grow only sparse, weedy vegetation in dry and infertile soils. Called abandoned or derelict farmland, this land often is an environmental...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Water for the World: Designing a Biogas System

U.S. Agency for International Development
A biogas system is a means of digesting animal manure anaerobically to produce methane gas which is burned to provide heat or light. This technical note describes how to design a biogas system.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Water for the World: Operating and Maintaining a Biogas System

U.S. Agency for International Development
A biogas system is a means of digesting animal manure anaerobically to produce methane gas which is burned to provide heat or light. This technical note describes how to operating and maintain a biogas system.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

O&M Costs in Irrigation: Reappearing Government and Farmer Responsibilities and Rights

U.S. Agency for International Development
The amount of money governments spend on irrigation development continues to be a matter of major policy concern, the more so as "the fiscal crisis" constraints governments not only in the developing world but in the U.S. as well. A discussion of the state of the art in this policy area...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Effect of Incorporating Sigmoid Selection on Optimums'. Mesh Size Estimation for the Samar Sea Multispecies Trawl Fishery

U.S. Agency for International Development
The evaluation of optimus mesh size for multispecies trawl fisheries relies primarily on the aggregation of individual yield-per-recruit response surfaces. The analytic model expression incorporated in these procedures assumes knife-edge selection. The present study examines the effect of replacing...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

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