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

Big Business and the Amazon: Protecting Nature's Benefits

U.S. Agency for International Development
World Resources Institute
The Amazon rainforest boasts incomparable biodiversity- home to one thenth of all known species' and plays a vital role in regional water supply and global climate regulation. Yet, it is also a profitable working forest, benefiting both local businesses and international corporations. Trying...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Brazil
Latin America and the Caribbean

Drip Irrigation Trials in Prey Veng and Svay Rieng 2005-2006

iDE
In this project, iDE cooperated with local farmers and farmer groups to set up and monitor field trials of drip irrigation systems in two locations in Cambodia during the 2005-2006 dry season. Low-cost drip irrigation holds promise as a means for increasing water use Productivity and Efficiency,...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Cambodia
East Asia and Pacific

Secondary Cities Project

U.S. Agency for International Development
Project to expand water/wastewater (W/WW) facilities and related institutional capabilities in selected urban centers in different geographic regions of Egypt. The National Organization for Potable Water and Sanitary Drainage (NOPWASD) will implement the project with assistance from U.S. firms...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Middle East and North Africa

IWMI Research Report: Treadle Pump Irrigation and Poverty in Ghana

iDE
This study examines the strategies used for dissemination of the treadle pump and the dynamics of its adoption and impacts, with a special focus on poverty alleviation. The data comes primarily from a survey of adopters and non-adopters in the Volta and Ashanti regions of Ghana.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Ghana
Sub-Saharan Africa

Project Assistance Completion Report: Maharashtra Minor Irrigation Project (386-0490)

U.S. Agency for International Development
PACR of a project (4/84-8/92) to improve the physical infrastructure and management of minor irrigation schemes (MISs) in Maharashtra State, India. The project was a great success, primarily because it used an innovative approach to irrigation management consisting of (1) a performance-based...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
India
South East Asia

Project Assistance Completion Report: Madhya Pradesh Minor Irrigation Project (386-0483)

U.S. Agency for International Development
PACR of a project (7/83-6/92) to construct minor irrigation schemes (MISs) in Madhya Pradesh, India. Restructuring of the project after the mid-term evaluation resulted in construction of fewer irrigation systems, increased participation by farmers and State departments (especially the Departments...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
India
South East Asia

Engineering Aspects of Impact Monitoring in High Performance Sederhana Irrigation Systems of Indonesia

U.S. Agency for International Development
Colorado State University
The purpose of this paper is to identify engineering parameters and indicators of physical performance of the irrigation systems and to describe the methods for measuring these parameters and to identify Indonesian institutions and personnel who can collect data on these parameters.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Indonesia
East Asia and Pacific

Project Assistance Completion Report: Fish Production System Development Project (FPSDP)

U.S. Agency for International Development
PACR of a project (1979-1985) to assist the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) in expanding the freshwater fish industry by providing TA and training to extension agents and farmers in the production of tilapia. A TA team from Auburn University was successful in transferring scientific aquaculture...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Jamaica
Latin America and the Caribbean

Malawi Fisheries: an Assessment and Overview

U.S. Agency for International Development
About seventy percent of Malawi's animal protein is produced by fishes captured in the natural waters of Malawi, Between 4-41 million Malawian's consume fish. The overall catch has declined since 1976 at an average rate of approximately 4% per annum (40% drop overall in six years). This...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Malawi
Sub-Saharan Africa

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