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

ICLARM - CLSU Integrated Animal - Fish Farming Project: Poultry - Fish and Pig - Fish Trials

Publication date:
January 1, 1981
U.S. Agency for International Development
The rising costs of high-protein fish feed and inorganic fertilizer have led to increased interest in the utilization of animal manures in aquaculture and in the traditional systems which integrate animal husbandry with aquaculture. This report describes two experiments conducted at the Freshwater...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Philippines
East Asia and Pacific

Fisheries Resource Assessment

Publication date:
January 1, 1981
U.S. Agency for International Development
Project to help the Government of Senegal (GOS) to better determine the availability, distribution, and variety of fish off its coastline by providing the GOS Centre de Recherches Oceaniographiques de Dakar-Thiaroye (CRODT) with the hydroacoustic equipment needed to improve its fish-finding and...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Senegal
Sub-Saharan Africa

Investments in Large Scale Infrastructure: Irrigation and River Management in the Sahel

Publication date:
January 1, 1981
U.S. Agency for International Development
To determine whether large-scale irrigation infrastructure projects (IIP) in the Sahel are consistent with the Congressional mandate that A.I.D. projects benefit the poor majority, this report reviews existing IIP's and the Sahel's current irrigation needs in light of the mandate's...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Sub-Saharan Africa

Korean Irrigation

Publication date:
December 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
The irrigation project evaluated in this report was designed to help South Korea become self-sufficient in rice and barley and to raise farm incomes. Fifty-five irrigation works including pumping systems, drainage, reservoir construction, and land reclamation were completed. All were small (and in...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Korea, Dem. Rep.
East Asia and Pacific

Energy in Irrigation in Developing Countries: an Analysis of Energy Factors to Be Included in a National Food Policy

Publication date:
December 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
In response to the challenge posed by escalating increases in the amount of energy needed for irrigation in developing countries, this report analyzes current energy consumption in irrigation, renewable energy technologies, and relevant food policy issues facing developing country governments. The...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Sub-Saharan Africa

Sociocultural Correlates of Success Among Small-Scale Fishermen in Northwest Costa Rica

Publication date:
November 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper looks at sociocultural correlates of success among small scale fisherman in northwest Costa Rica. The principal goal of most international development agencies today is to provide for the basic human needs of the poor of the world. This basic human needs approach to development is rather...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Costa Rica
Latin America and the Caribbean

Impact of Irrigation on Development: Issues for a Comprehensive Evaluation Study

Publication date:
October 1, 1980
U.S. Agency for International Development
Although irrigation can greatly improve the world's capacity to feed itself by increasing agricultural production, most irrigation projects fall short of this goal. These failures are due sometimes to defective design, but more often to the expense involved, poor management and leadership, and...Read more

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