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
Some Prospects for Aquatic Weed Management in Guyana
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March 1, 1973U.S. Agency for International Development
Summary of a workshop on the Management and Utilization of Aquatic Plants to formulate recommendations addressed to one of Guyana's critical problems - weeds that infest waterways. The workshop was charged with developing recommendations for implementation by local authorities to deal with the...Read more
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GuyanaLatin America and the CaribbeanManagement of Irrigation Systems for the Farm, an Interpretive Summary of the ADC/RTN Irrigation Seminar
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January 1, 1973U.S. Agency for International Development
This report discusses key components for the management of on-farm irrigation systems. These include establishing systems goals and objectives, design process, inventory of the physical and social environment, implementation of the system and evaluation of the system.Read more
Response of Intensively Fed Channel Catfish to Diets Containing Various Protein-Energy Ratios
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January 1, 1973U.S. Agency for International Development
SIX EXPERIMENTAL CATFISH FEEDS, CONTAINING 29, 36, AND 42% CRUDE PROTEIN AT METABOLIZABLE ENERGY (ME) LEVELS OF 1000 AND 1300 KILOCALORIES (KCAL) PER LB., WERE FED TO FINGERLING CHANNEL CATFISH IN 24, 1/10-ACRE EARTHEN PONDS FOR 165 DAYS. EACH DIETARY TREATMENT WAS ASSIGNED RANDOMLY TO FOUR PONDS...Read more
The Potential for Fishery Development in the Caribbean and Adjacent Seas
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January 1, 1971U.S. Agency for International Development
This report begins with a brief geographical and political history of the area and then discusses at greater length the various kinds and characteristics of fish in the Caribbean. The best source of information about the fish resources of the Caribbean has been the extensive investigations of the...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaProspects of the World's Fishery Resources With Emphasis on the Western Hemisphere
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January 1, 1970U.S. Agency for International Development
The world's production from the aquatic environment, excluding whales, was doubled in the decade between 1952 and 1962, from 22 million metric tons to 45 million metric tons and in the period from 1962 to the present, from 45 million metric tons to about 70 million metric tons. The most rapid...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaPhilippines - U.S. Workshop on Fisheries and Oceanography, 4-9 Dec. 1967, Manila
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December 1, 1967U.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
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PhilippinesEast Asia and PacificThe 6Th Near East-South Asia Regional Irrigation Practices Seminar: Jordan 1966
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January 1, 1966U.S. Agency for International Development
Report includes the proceedings of the Sixth Near East-South Asia Irrigation Practices Seminar. Delegates from fifteen nations dedicated their efforts in the seminar towards the task of finding solutions to the many problems concerned with irrigation practice, realizing that legal practices,...Read more
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