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
Irrigation Management in Relation to Waterlogging and Salinity
This paper presents an overview of the current state of knowledge on the relationship between irrigation management in Pakistan and the incidence of waterlogging and salinity. It is emphasized that management research should focus on the whole system, including surface and ground water resources...Read more
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Pakistan, South East AsiaTitle XII Collaborative Research Support Program: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture, Sixth Annual Administrative Report (1 September 1987 to 31 August 1988)
Initiated in 1982, A.I.D.'s Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP) conducts research in developing countries and the United States to develop aqua cultural technology as a means of increasing the availability of animal protein. Due to funding constraints, the...Read more
Growing Fish in Cages
The techniques described here were developed in the Saguling and Cirata Reservoirs in Bandung, Indonesia. They can easily be adapted to other locations.Read more
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Indonesia, East Asia and PacificCulture of Common Carp in Floating Net Cages
A technique for growing common carp in a floating net cage is described herein through simple step-by-step illustrations and instructions. The guidebook covers all required steps, including net cage construction; site selection; fish seed selection, transport, and stocking; recordkeeping; feeding...Read more
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Indonesia, East Asia and PacificDjibouti Fisheries Development Project
This report is one of a series of Center for Development Information and Evaluation (CDIE) special studies analyzing the Agency for International Development's (A.I.D) experience in technology transfer. Whereas most previous CDIE evaluations emphasized the impact of projects on intended...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaUSAID and World Bank Workshop on Training Needs and Strategies for Irrigated Agriculture, Washington, Dc, June 1-3, 1988
During the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage Congress at Casablanca, Morocco in September of 1987 Worth Fitzgerald of A.I.D. and Peter Sun of the Economic Development Institute (World Bank) invited a number of people to discuss the prospect of holding a "Workshop on Training...Read more
Commercial Fisheries in Oman: Final Report
Oman's fishery sector has a considerable, if largely unquantified, potential to harvest both demersal and pelagic species. To date, the Government of Oman has focused on coastal fisheries, disbursing $10.5 million over the past 10 years through the Fishermen's Encouragement Fund (FEF) to...Read more
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Middle East and North AfricaIrrigation in Asia and the Near East in the 1990'S: Problems and Prospects
Food grain production has grown at percent per year In Asia and the Near East for the past two a sharp difference of decades. At the present time there is to what the future holds for agriculture in this opinion as region. This difference of opinion is closely linked to uncertainties associated...Read more
Role of Irrigation in the Agricultural Development of Asia
Throughout Asia, irrigation has been the lead input in growth of cereal yield. In the 13 Asian nations included for analysis, all of the countries appear to lie on virtually the same irrigation/ fertilizer/HYV production function. Many observers believe that improved efficiency of water use through...Read more
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South East AsiaIrrigation Management Research in Sri Lanka: a Review of Selected Literature
In support of A.I.D.'s Irrigation Systems Management Project in Sri Lanka, a select literature review of key irrigation issues was conducted. The review focused on literature since 1978 (the year of Chambers' influential study of water management in Sri Lanka) and describes progress made...Read more
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