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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.

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Productivity and Efficiency Resources

Fishery Management Plan for the Traditional Kingfish Fishery in the Sultanate of Oman: Recommended Measures to Manage Kingfish

Published: 
March 1, 1996
U.S. Agency for International Development
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
Regional focus: 
OmanMiddle East and North Africa

Biochemical Laboratory Manual for Species Characterization of Some Tilapiine Fishes

Published: 
January 1, 1996
U.S. Agency for International Development
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
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Egypt Project: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program -- Final Report October 1992-March 1995

Published: 
June 1, 1995
U.S. Agency for International Development
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
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Introduction to Irrigation Management Policy Support Activity (IMPSA)

Published: 
June 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
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
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Sustainable and Productive Resource Management: Macro Policies for Land and Water Resources

Published: 
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
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
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Promoting Profitable Irrigated Agriculture: Trade and Fiscal Policies

Published: 
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
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
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Macro-Irrigation Investment Policy

Published: 
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
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
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Achieving High Productivity and Prosperity of Irrigated Agriculture through Participatory Management

Published: 
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
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
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Terminal Report: [upper south integrated coastal resources management] -- Thailand

Published: 
January 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
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
Regional focus: 
ThailandEast Asia and Pacific

Irrigated Agriculture and Irrigation Management in Sri Lanka: Vision for the Next Decade and Beyond

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
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
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

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