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

Irrigation Requirements and Climatic Evaluations for Venezuela

Publication date:
January 1, 1971
U.S. Agency for International Development
A study on irrigation requirements and climatic evaluations for Venezuela. With increasing agricultural and natural resource development in Venezuela there is a correspondingly greater need for evaluating irrigation requirements for use in planning, design and in project operations and for a better...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Latin America and the Caribbean

Optimum Utilization of Water Resources for Agriculture With Special Emphasis on Systems Analysis of Watershed Management; Annual Technical Report 1970/1971

Publication date:
January 1, 1971
U.S. Agency for International Development
Strengthening the University of Arizona's competency in the area of watershed management utilizing systems analysis techniques applied to problems of less developed countries has taken several forms. The addition and revision of pertinent course curricula, the analyses of research programs...Read more

Effect of Vitamin Fortification in Auburn No. 2 Fish Feed

Publication date:
January 1, 1971
U.S. Agency for International Development
Vitamin fortification of the Auburn No. 2 pelleted fish feed increased net production of channel catfish an average of 19.3 percent in feeding test conducted in replicated earthen ponds between April 13 and November 9, 1970. A stocking density of 4,000 fingerlings acre was used and the fish were...Read more

Phosphorus Dynamics in Ponds

Publication date:
January 1, 1971
U.S. Agency for International Development
Phosphorus is generally recognized as a key nutrient in the fertility of fish ponds. This nutrient frequently limits plant production and ultimately influences fish production. Conversely, too much phosphorus is sometimes responsible for excessive production of blue-green algae or other nuisance...Read more

Project Adelanto, Nicaragua 1968-70: a Project for Irrigation Development: Final Report

Publication date:
November 1, 1970
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report details irrigation practices in Nicaragua which were undertaken with USAID assistance between 1968-1970. It highlights the project successes and opportunities including finance, sustainability, adoption by local farmers, irrigation costs, impacts on local water resources, and local...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Latin America and the Caribbean

Evaluation of Balance Between Fishes and Available Fish Foods in Multi-Species Fish Culture Ponds in Taiwan

Publication date:
October 1, 1970
U.S. Agency for International Development
Evaluation of the condition of balance between fishes and available fish foods in impoundments of multispecies fish culture in Taiwan was made by analyzing the quantitative interrelations between the standing crop of fish food biota and the stocked fishes of ecologically different species in a 6...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Thailand
East Asia and Pacific

Desert Strip Farming, a Modified Dry Farming Method Using Rainfall Multiplication

Publication date:
July 1, 1970
U.S. Agency for International Development
Reviews progress to date on a runoff distribution strategy in which rain water is harvested in collectors and then channeled to nearby crop areas. The report explains that an inexpensive short-distance irrigation method is badly needed in sunny, potentially arable regions where the limited rainfall...Read more

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