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

Status and Potential of Aquaculture in Small Water Bodies (Ponds and Ditches) in Bangladesh

Publication date:
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
In 1991, a survey was made of 1,300 ponds and ditches, covering about 1,200 square meters, in Bangladesh to assess the small water bodies' potential for aquaculture. Almost half of the small water bodies were individually owned and operated; the remainder, covering 70% of the examined water...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
South East Asia

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

Publication date:
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/Country focus:
Philippines
East Asia and Pacific

Sustainable and Productive Resource Management: Macro Policies for Land and Water Resources

Publication date:
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper is the seventh in a series of ten Policy Papers being prepared under the IMPSA Program. All of the previous papers address issues directly related to improving the performance of irrigated agriculture, with special reference to institutional issues. This paper and the eighth one on...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Sri Lanka
South East Asia

Promoting Profitable Irrigated Agriculture: Trade and Fiscal Policies

Publication date:
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this paper is to propose a set of guiding principles and feasible strategies on trade and fiscal policies affecting irrigated agriculture in Sri Lanka, which would contribute to achieving high profitability in these systems in the future. The paper also sets out broad guidelines for...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Sri Lanka
South East Asia

Macro-Irrigation Investment Policy

Publication date:
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
This document is the ninth in the series of ten policy papers to be prepared under the IMPSA Program. It is based primarily on three staff working papers on the issues related to the topic and two studies conducted on future irrigation investment trends, needs and options, one conducted by IIMI and...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Sri Lanka
South East Asia

Achieving High Productivity and Prosperity of Irrigated Agriculture through Participatory Management

Publication date:
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper is the result of a two-year process of policy analysis, discussion, and paper writing under the Irrigation Management Policy Support Activity (IMPSA). The proposed participatory management policy is based firmly on previous experience, and existing policy. Policy Paper No. 10 embodies...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Sri Lanka
South East Asia

Determination and Comparison of Bivalve Growth, with Emphasis on Thailand and Other Tropical Areas

Publication date:
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
An analysis of the shell microstructure of A. granosa and P. viridis experimentally cultured in coastal waters of Thailand revealed that the formation of growth lines was closely related to tidal periodicity. This study concludes that growth lines are formed when the bivalves react with shell...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Thailand
East Asia and Pacific

Terminal Report: [upper south integrated coastal resources management] -- Thailand

Publication date:
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Upper South Integrated Coastal Resources Management Project was carried out since 1987 with support from the ASEAN/US Cooperative Programme on Marine Science and cooperation of various government agencies, universities and institutions whereas ONEB was a lead and coordinating agency. After...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Thailand
East Asia and Pacific

Final Report Covering Period: April 15, 1988 to December 31, 1992 -- Kidney Disease of Seabass (Lates calcarifer)

Publication date:
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
Since 1983, a condition referred to as seabass (Lates calcarifer) kidney disease has occurred among cultured populations of this species in southern Thailand. The disease generally apppears about six weeks after hatching or at culturing time in the cages, and in some cases, causing mortality...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Thailand
East Asia and Pacific

Crafting Institutions: Self-Governing Irrigation Systems

Publication date:
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report outlines an approach to the design of irrigation institutions that is useful to officials in donor agencies, host governments, and other organizations involved in designing irrigation projects in developing countries. The crafting of irrigation institutions is an ongoing process that...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

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