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

Economic Evaluation of Brazil Aquaculture Project (11/19/73-12/3/73)

Publication date:
January 1, 1968
U.S. Agency for International Development
ANALYZES THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF PROPOSED FARMER-OWNED AND OPERATED AQUACULTURE ENTERPRISES IN NORTHEAST BRAZIL. THE EVALUATION PRESENTS ESTIMATED FIXED AND VARIABLE COSTS AS WELL AS AN ILLUSTRATIVE PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT. FIGURES ARE BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT EACH FARMER WOULD BUILD AND...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Brazil
Latin America and the Caribbean

Control of Snails By the Redear (Shellcracker) Sunfish

Publication date:
January 1, 1968
U.S. Agency for International Development
This study analyzes the biological control of two species of native pond snails using the redear sunfish. The feeding habits of redears were studied under varied conditions in aquaria. Snails alone were fed to the redears at rates up to 8 percent of their body weight for seven days and with few...Read more

Feeds and Feeding of Warm - Water Fish in North America

Publication date:
January 1, 1968
U.S. Agency for International Development
Research on the nutrition of warm-water fish in North America is still in its infancy. The first controlled experiments were not conducted until the early 1950's. Almost all of the research work on the nutrition of warm-water fish has been concerned with the channel catfish. This review also...Read more

Philippines - U.S. Workshop on Fisheries and Oceanography, 4-9 Dec. 1967, Manila

Publication date:
December 1, 1967
U.S. Agency for International Development
Summary of a Philippines workshop on fisheries and oceanography which had its principal aim as accelerated production of food from the sea. Fish is second only to rice as a food source and is of great nutritional significance. Attention was called to the government's rice policy as a model and...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Philippines
East Asia and Pacific

Report: Fish Production, Processing and Marketing

Publication date:
May 1, 1967
U.S. Agency for International Development
In the drought polygon of Northern Brazil, even in non drought years, the shortage of rainfall from June to December causes frequent crop failures and in general tends to cause a shortage of feed for cattle, hogs, poultry and other animals. As a result of the dam and reservoir building program of...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Brazil
Latin America and the Caribbean

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