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

Institutional Framework for Management of Irrigation Systems and Building Farmers' Organizations

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
This document is the second of the ten Policy Papers to be prepared under the IMPSA Program. It is a synthesis of eight staff working papers on the issues related to this topic. The paper describes the institutional arrangements for irrigation management at the policy and field levels and in all...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Achieving High Performance: Strategies for Operation and Maintenance and Rehabilitation and Modernization of Irrigation Systems

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
This document is the third of the ten policy papers to be prepared under the IMPSA Program. It is a synthesis of two Staff Working Papers on the issues related to this topic, i.e., strategies for operation and maintenance (O&M) and rehabilitation and modernization (R&M). The purpose of this...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Modernizing the Irrigated Agriculture Sector: Transformations at the Macro-Institutional Level

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
This document is the fourth in the series of ten Policy Papers to be prepared under the IMPSA Program. It is based primarily on five Staff Working Papers on the issues related to the topic. Many factors affect the productivity and profitability of irrigated agriculture, but it is generally agreed...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Achieving High Productivity in Irrigated Agriculture: A Program of Research and Development (R&D) for Technology Generation and Diffusion

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
This document is the fifth in the series of ten Policy Papers to be prepared under the IMPSA Program. It is based primarily on two Staff Working Papers on the issues related to the topic. The overall goal of irrigated agricultural research must be the production of research results that can...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Human Resources Development in Irrigated Agriculture Sector: Achieving the Potential

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
This document is the sixth in the series of ten Policy Papers to be prepared under the IMPSA Program. It is based primarily on two Staff Working Papers on the issues related to the topic. This document highlights the significance of human resources development (HRD) in enhancing the performance of...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Annual Report 1991: International Irrigation Management Institute

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report presents details of the achievements of the International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI) during 1991. The first section focuses on programs of thematic research carried out by the Institute in several developing countries. The second section describes IIMI's country...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Training Resource Book on a Participatory Method for Modeling Bio Resource Flows

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
This training resource book was developed for people working with farmers in farming systems research and extension. It deals specifically with a farmer-participatory method for constructing pictorial models. The model, in this case, concerns bio resource flows between aquaculture and agriculture...Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

A Bibliography of the Pearl Oysters

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
The culture of pearl oysters, once the closely guarded monopoly of the Japanese, has now proliferated throughout the Indo-Pacific region and has the potential of providing much-needed export income to cash-poor nations. This has already happened in French Polynesia, where the culture of Pinctada...Read more
Regional focus: 
United States

Cooperative Marine Technology Program for the Middle East: Annual Report for 1990

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
Historically, mariculture has been one of the most important component of the Cooperative Program, because it deals directly with food production, is in an early stage of development, and lends itself easily to cooperative research. This progress report relates to progress achieved during the...Read more
Regional focus: 
Middle East and North Africa

Application of Limnology for Efficient Nutrient Utilization in Tropical Pond Aquaculture

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
Phosphorous, nitrogen and carbon have been key limiting nutrients on the forefront of eutrophication literature for more than four decades. Concepts developed by the limnological community regarding these nutrients and their cycles in aquatic environments are now becoming the basis for management...Read more

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