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
Fishery Management Plan for the Traditional Kingfish Fishery in the Sultanate of Oman: Recommended Measures to Manage Kingfish
This document amends the Fishery Management Plan for the Traditional Kingfish Fishery in the Sultanate of Oman to include sections on the measures recommended to attain the management objectives, the rationale for choosing the proposed management measures from among the alternatives considered, and...Read more
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Oman, Middle East and North AfricaBiochemical Laboratory Manual for Species Characterization of Some Tilapiine Fishes
The entry into force of the International Convention on Biological Diversity, in December 1993, has put the assessment of natural resources and the formulation and enactment of policies for their management and sustainable use higher on national and international agendas than ever before in the...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaEgypt Project: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program -- Final Report October 1992-March 1995
While the primary focus of the Egypt project was collaborative research, institutional and professional development, and the establishment of new linkages were also of importance. It was also envisioned thai the Egypt project would act as a catalyst to propel the Abbassa facility to a prominent...Read more
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Egypt, Arab Rep., Middle East and North AfricaIntroduction to Irrigation Management Policy Support Activity (IMPSA)
IMPSA is a two year policy formulation project which started in June 1990 and ends in June 1992. It is a project initiated by the Ministry of Lands, Irrigation & Mahaweli Development in association with the Ministry of Agricultural Development & Research. It is an activity to formulate...Read more
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Sri Lanka, South East AsiaSustainable and Productive Resource Management: Macro Policies for Land and Water Resources
This paper is the seventh in a series of ten Policy Papers being prepared under the IMPSA Program. All of the previous papers address issues directly related to improving the performance of irrigated agriculture, with special reference to institutional issues. This paper and the eighth one on...Read more
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Sri Lanka, South East AsiaPromoting Profitable Irrigated Agriculture: Trade and Fiscal Policies
The purpose of this paper is to propose a set of guiding principles and feasible strategies on trade and fiscal policies affecting irrigated agriculture in Sri Lanka, which would contribute to achieving high profitability in these systems in the future. The paper also sets out broad guidelines for...Read more
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Sri Lanka, South East AsiaMacro-Irrigation Investment Policy
This document is the ninth in the series of ten policy papers to be prepared under the IMPSA Program. It is based primarily on three staff working papers on the issues related to the topic and two studies conducted on future irrigation investment trends, needs and options, one conducted by IIMI and...Read more
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Sri Lanka, South East AsiaAchieving High Productivity and Prosperity of Irrigated Agriculture through Participatory Management
This paper is the result of a two-year process of policy analysis, discussion, and paper writing under the Irrigation Management Policy Support Activity (IMPSA). The proposed participatory management policy is based firmly on previous experience, and existing policy. Policy Paper No. 10 embodies...Read more
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Sri Lanka, South East AsiaTerminal Report: [upper south integrated coastal resources management] -- Thailand
The Upper South Integrated Coastal Resources Management
Project was carried out since 1987 with support from the ASEAN/US Cooperative Programme on Marine Science and cooperation of various government agencies, universities and institutions whereas ONEB was a lead and coordinating agency. After...Read more
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Thailand, East Asia and PacificIrrigated Agriculture and Irrigation Management in Sri Lanka: Vision for the Next Decade and Beyond
The purpose of this paper is to propose an overall vision, a set of broad guidelines, principles, and objectives, for the future direction of irrigated agriculture policy in Sri Lanka, with an emphasis on irrigation management. The main focus of the vision is on irrigation management, especially...Read more
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