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

Designing Projects for Irrigation Development

Publication date:
August 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
This brief note is intended to make available to AID staff, host countries and other consulting groups ideas and suggestions that drive from experiences as they apply to designing products for irrigation development.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Audit of the Program for Education and Rraining of Human Resources in Farming and Fishing with the National Commission of Loans for Education in Costa Rica: Public Law 480, Title I Funds

Publication date:
July 14, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
Evaluates the use of P.L. 480 Title I funds by Costa Rica's National Commission of Loans for Education (CONAPE) for its Program for Education and Training of Human Resources in Farming and Fishing. Non-Federal audit, conducted by Price Waterhouse of Costa Rica, covers the period 9/83-9/85 and...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Costa Rica
Latin America and the Caribbean

Community Fish Farming in the Tarai: Case Study of Bhawanipur and Hanuman Nagar

Publication date:
July 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
Winrock International
Fish farming will flourish on badly drained land which is little suited to cultivation or which would need great capital expenditure to make it so. It will flourish in brackish and saline water unsuited for agricultural practices. Drainage water from existing agricultural schemes, which has become...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Nepal
South East Asia

Training Program for the URI/AID Coastal Resources Management Program

Publication date:
July 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
The University of Rhode Island/ USAID Coastal Resources Management Program (CRMP) convened a group to consider the opportunities and needs for training of existing and potential coastal resources managers in developing countries. The Training Issues Team, composed of 8 members, first met in August...Read more

JESS fisheries consultancy I report

Publication date:
June 23, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Jubba Environmental and Socioeconomic Studies (JESS) project is a three0year program of river basin investigations in southern Somalia. This project is part of a larger project, called Jubba Development Analytical Studies (JuDAS), which is a cooperative effort between USAID and the Ministry of...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Somalia
Sub-Saharan Africa

Workshops for Developing Policies and Strategy for Nationwide Irrigation and Management Training, India/USAID

Publication date:
June 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
Colorado State University
Reported here is a series of two-day workshops in irrigation management for senior officials from five Indian states (Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan) participating in USAID/I's Irrigation Management and Training Project (IMTP). The workshops focused on means...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
India
South East Asia

Fisheries Development Support Services (FDSS), 1 July 1982-30 June 1987

Publication date:
June 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
The project purpose it to provide for the development and maintenance of a "Resource Center" at the recipient institution that will be a repository for skills and information in fishery development and management through the combination of applied research and practical experience; and to...Read more

Pre-Rehabilitation Diagnostic Study of Sehra Irrigation System, Sind Pakistan

Publication date:
May 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
The feasibility report for the project places crop yield in Pakistan considerably below most other countries with similar agricultural resources. The low yields were attributed to a broad spectrum of constraints which included inefficiencies and inequities in water distribution, a poor extension...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Technical Report: a Microcomputer-Based Decision Support System for Multispecies Fishery Management:"

Publication date:
May 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
This technical report covers a year of working to design an improved toolkit for stock assessment and decision-making in small-scale fisheries. The toolkit is structured as a microcomputer-based decision support system that automates multiple-species stock assessment.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

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