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

Aid Cooperative Agreement No. Fao-0158-A-00-2056-00 With Conservation International for a Program Entitled `Economic Approaches to Marine Resource Conservation in The Asia and Pacific Region'

Publication date:
September 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
Grant is provided under the Matching Grants to PVOs project (9380158) to Conservation International (CI) to demonstrate community-based income-generating marine resource utilization and conservation activities at three South Pacific sites -- Tubbataha Atolls, Philippines; Biak, Irian Jaya,...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
South East Asia

Aid Grant No. Hne-0158-G-00-2062-00 to Texas a & M Research Foundation for a Cooperative Marine Technology Program for The Middle East

Publication date:
September 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
Grant is provided to Texas A&M Research Foundation to lead collaborative research by Egyptian and Israeli entities to improve the management of commercial freshwater fisheries. Research will measure the effect of the trophodynamics of the Eastern Mediterranean coastal shelf ecosystem on...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Middle East and North Africa

Final Report: Water Optimization of Rain Fed Tropical Cropping

Publication date:
June 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
The project was conducted as an effort to produce information on how to better deal with water shortages and excesses that keep yields of rain fed crop production low and highly variable. As part of the project, an analytical tool in the form of a water balance computer model was to be developed...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Costa Rica
Latin America and the Caribbean

Role of a Silage-Microbe Mat in Conjunction With The Detrital Trophic Level As a Complete Natural Fish Feeds System for Tilapia Aquaculture in The Dominican Republic

Publication date:
June 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, feeding on a microbial matecosystem dominated by the cyanobacteriim, Oscillatoria, grew faster than control tilapia fed at 3% of their body weight per day. This has been shown in previous experiments where ensiled grass stimulated a bacterial and cyanobacterial (blue...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Dominican Republic
Latin America and the Caribbean

Introduction to Irrigation Management Policy Support Activity (IMPSA)

Publication date:
June 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
IMPSA is a two year policy formulation project which started in June 1990 and ends in June 1992. It is a project initiated by the Ministry of Lands, Irrigation & Mahaweli Development in association with the Ministry of Agricultural Development & Research. It is an activity to formulate...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Sri Lanka
South East Asia

Irrigation Systems Management Project: End of Tour Report

Publication date:
June 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
Assist the Irrigation Department in survey, mapping, design and construction of the rehabilitation of the four irrigation systems in the Polonnaruwa District and the Gal Oya Right Bank Systems.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Sri Lanka
South East Asia

Special Report on Irrigation Systems Management Project (ISMP) Preventative Maintenance Program

Publication date:
June 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
Under the Irrigation Systems Management Project (ISMP) the procedure for developing the Preventative Maintenance Program (PMP) was outlined in the Project paper. This procedure is schematically shown and provides the guidelines for development of the PMP over the life of project. The project paper...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Sri Lanka
South East Asia

Maharashtra Minor Irrigation

Publication date:
May 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
Summarizes attached final evaluation (XD-ABE-430-A) of a project to increase irrigation efficiency and profitability in 90 minor irrigation schemes (MIS's) in the Indian State of Maharashtra. The evaluation covered the period 1984-7/91; the PACD is 9/92. The project has been highly successful...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
India
South East Asia

Report of The USAID Technical Assistance Team for On-Farm Water Management to Directorate of Water Management Research At Rahuri and Water Technology Centre for The Eastern Region At Bhubeneshwar

Publication date:
April 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report summarizes the three-week consultancy concerning on-farm water management by the US advisory team to the Directorate of Water Management Research, ICAR. The team participated in two discussion-cum-training workshops with chief scientist from the 24 experiment stations associated with...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
India
South East Asia

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