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

Developments in Fish Culture Research in Northeast, Brazil

Publication date:
January 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
DNOCS, with the help of USAID and Auburn University, has established a solid research center with which to pass on tested systems of fish culture to the farmers of the Northeast and possibly to other countries of Latin and Central America. Research has shown that fish can be cultured economically...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Brazil
Latin America and the Caribbean

Resume of Auburn University's Participation in the Brazil Fisheries Project

Publication date:
January 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
A short-term survey of fisheries development in Northeast Brazil was carried out June 27 - September 3, 1966 by a Team of three professors (Dendy, Shell, Prather) from Auburn's Fisheries Department under personal contracts with the U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. Preliminary...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Brazil
Latin America and the Caribbean

Chad, Sategui-Deressia Irrigation Project

Publication date:
January 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
This document presents an assessment of the Sategui-Deressia rice irrigation project in Chad. The assessment looks at the agriculture, credit, access to markets, hydrology and project costs and offers recommendations for USAID.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Chad
Sub-Saharan Africa

Water Management in Philippine Irrigation Systems, Research and Operations

Publication date:
January 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
PRESENTS 18 PAPERS READ AT THE WATER MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP HELD IN DECEMBER, 1972, BY THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE. THEY DEAL WITH SOIL-PLANT-WATER RELATIONSHIPS, SYSTEM AND PILOT PROJECT OPERATIONS, TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, AND THE...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Philippines
East Asia and Pacific

Freshwater Fish Pond Culture and Management

Publication date:
January 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
A brief but thorough discussion of potential fish protein concentrate (FPC) and projections of its future harvest, accompanied by several illustrative tables. FDC ideally is that product resulting from modern technologies which has been transformed into a stable, dry, high amino acid quality, non-...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Sediment Routing in Irrigational Canal Systems

Publication date:
January 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
Colorado State University
The routing of bed material load through a branching irrigation canal system in such a way as to insure sediment discharge equilibrium is considered. All the sediment entering the system is disposed of with the water. It is shown that the system equilibrium can be more easily achieved if smaller...Read more

Catfish Need Vitamin C

Publication date:
January 1, 1973
U.S. Agency for International Development
Previous research indicated that only man, monkey, and gunea pig needed vitamin C in the diet. This document presents research and evidence that catfish additionally need vitamin C.Read more

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