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
Synthesis of Design Operation and Management of Surface Irrigation Conveyance Systems
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January 1, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
A theory for the design of conveyance systems, synthesizing with it the operation and management and set in an interdisciplinary mode is proposed. The theory involving eleven steps is required in the development of solutions for six basic problems hitherto inadequately addressed. These solutions...Read more
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Egypt, Arab Rep., Middle East and North AfricaIrrigation System Improvement By Simulation and Optimization, Pt. 1: Theory
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January 1, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
A theory to evaluate improvement alternatives for an irrigation system by way of simulation and optimization is presented. A mathematical simulation model combining existing models of conveyance, application, and water use subsystems was developed and verified using available field data from...Read more
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Egypt, Arab Rep., Middle East and North AfricaIrrigation System Improvement By Simulation and Optimization, Pt. 2: Application
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January 1, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
Results are presented of a test, made on a 3.17-ha wheat farm in Pakistan, of a mathematical model for evaluating irrigation system improvement alternatives. In developing the model, water conveyance, application, and water use subsystem models were calibrated with data from the test site...Read more
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Egypt, Arab Rep., Middle East and North AfricaDiagnostic Analysis of Five Deep Tubewell Irrigation Systems in Joydebpur, Bangladesh
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October 1, 1983U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
The major objective of this field oriented training program was to provide the participants with an understanding of the interdisciplinary method of investing existing irrigation systems. This program involved 26 professionals from the fields of irrigation engineering, agronomy, sociology and...Read more
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South East AsiaPlanning Irrigation Improvements in Egypt: the Impact of Policies and Prices on Farm Income and Resource Use
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August 1, 1983U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
The most profitable use of resources on a typical Egyptian farm is analyzed in view of resource, institutional, and government policies constraints. The linear programming model of a farm management decision problem, based on an average sized farm found in a survey of 50 farms in Kafr El Sheikh,...Read more
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Egypt, Arab Rep., Middle East and North AfricaIrrigation Development Options and Investment Strategies for the 1980'S: Sri Lanka
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September 1, 1982U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
Rather than explicitly considering irrigation development options, this paper identifies the problems facing Sri Lanka's irrigation sector and offers recommendations for their resolution. First, the Government of Sri Lanka has not given sufficient attention to the role of irrigation in future...Read more
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Sri Lanka, South East AsiaIrrigation Development Options and Investment Strategies for the 1980'S: General Asian Overview
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May 1, 1982U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
Four papers on A.I.D.'s irrigation investment options and strategies for Asia are presented. The first two papers review, respectively, reports prepared by interdisciplinary study teams for Bangladesh, Northwest India, Pakistan, and Northeast Thailand and reports prepared by an Asia Bureau...Read more
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East Asia and PacificIrrigation Development Options and Investment Strategies for the 1980'S: Thailand
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June 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
A five-point USAID strategy to improve paddy farming in Northeast Thailand is detailed. The strategy calls for: (1) rehabilitating and/or completing existing small-scale irrigation systems with emphasis on on-farm water distribution; (2) developing new small-scale irrigation systems, i.e.,...Read more
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Thailand, East Asia and PacificIrrigation Development Options and Investment Strategies for the 1980'S: Bangladesh
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May 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
A brief history of A.I.D. irrigation projects in Bangladesh prefaces this analysis of development options (e.g., irrigated vs. rain fed farming, expansion vs. intensification of irrigation) and investment strategies (e.g., direct and indirect funding) for A.I.D. involvement during the 1980's...Read more
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South East AsiaIrrigation Development Options and Investment Strategies for the 1980'S: Pakistan
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May 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development, Colorado State University
Due to poorly maintained public watercourses and inadequate field ditches, water conveyance and application efficiencies are low in Pakistan's Indus Basin, the world's largest continuous irrigation system. This paper reports a study team's findings and recommendations for improving...Read more
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