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

Fisheries Stock Assessment: Annual Report 1985-1986

Publication date:
January 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
Small scale fisheries are an important source of food and employment in many coastal regions of the world, and represent a significant source of protein for domestic consumption in developing countries. Fisheries stock assessment techniques employed by third world countries often do not provide...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Aquaculture of Milkfish: State of the Art

Publication date:
January 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
Although it is one of the most extensively farmed marine bony fishes on earth, the milkfish (Chanos chanos) remains one of the least known and understood of the major finfish species. This book provides as complete a summary as possible of current knowledge (through December 1985) of milkfish and...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Irrigation Management in Developing Countries: Current Issues and Approaches, Proceedings of an Invited Seminar Series Sponsored By the International School for Agricultural and Resource Development

Publication date:
January 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
Colorado State University
This interdisciplinary volume brings together issues from the late 1980s in and approaches to the development, utilization, and management of water resources in developing countries. The contributors, who had done extensive research and had work experience in such countries, analyzed irrigation...Read more

ICLARM Report, 1985

Publication date:
January 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
The International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management is one of about 20 international, non-profit, autonomous research centers which concentrate upon those critical aspects of food production that are not covered adequately by other research organizations, and which are of wide...Read more

Biology and Culture of Tropical Oysters

Publication date:
January 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
Oysters with potential for aquaculture are found throughout the tropics and subtropics, but few species have been cultured and these in only a few tropical countries. This monograph reviews oyster biology, ecology, and culture techniques, both experimental and commercial. Three oyster genera are...Read more

Caribbean Fishermen Farmers: A Social Assessment of Smithsonian King Crab Mariculture

Publication date:
January 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
This is an assessment of the social and cultural factors that potentially will influence the transfer of Caribbean King Crab or Mithrax mariculture as it has been developed in two West Indian project sites. The projects are located in Nonesuch Bay, Antigua, and Buen Hombre, Dominican Republic. The...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Latin America and the Caribbean

Fish Culture Expansion Project

Publication date:
December 1, 1985
U.S. Agency for International Development
Evaluates project to promote fish pond culture in Zaire by providing logistical support to PCV extensionists working in 5 of Zaire's 9 regions. PES covers the period 2/81-3/84 and is based on document review, visits to 4 regions, and discussions with PCV's and officials of cooperating...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Sub-Saharan Africa

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