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

Senegal River Basin Irrigation Review: Draft

Published: 
October 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Government of Senegal (GOS) wishes to increase the national level of food self-sufficiency. In view of climatic constraints one of the ways to ensure and to increase crop production is through irrigation. The GOS targeted the Senegal Valley for development of irrigated agriculture at the rate...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

ICLARM - Fisheries Development: Amendment No. 2

Published: 
October 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
The areas of emphasis for this program area: (1) Aquaculture, with emphasis on improvement of the efficiency of systems for production of low-priced fish, genetic stock improvement and waste recycling; (2) Traditional Fisheries, with emphasis on improving the status of small-scale fishermen through...Read more

Fisheries Research and Technology Transfer in Development Process

Published: 
October 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
The increasingly important roles of the fishery and aquaculture industries in the Third World are summarized in this briefing paper, which also reviews past and current fishery development efforts by A.I.D. and other donors. A short introduction reviews the special importance of fish in developing...Read more

Improving Policies and Programs for the Development of Small-Scale Irrigation Systems

Published: 
September 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
Small-scale irrigation projects often face serious programming problems such as escalating recurrent costs, inflexible design, nonfunctioning irrigation groups, inadequate agency capacity, and, most critically and ambiguously of all, the problem of determining the optimal mix of state and local...Read more

Title XII Project to Assist in the Development of In-Country Production of Brine Shrimp (Artemia) for Use as Food for Aquaculture Organisms in Indonesia

Published: 
August 6, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Government of Indonesia (GOI) is planning to build 266 hatcheries in order to alleviate a shortage of brine shrimp (Artemia) cysts which is drastically limiting hatchery production of post-larval shrimp. The potential for USAID/I assistance to this project is evaluated in this consultant'...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndonesiaEast Asia and Pacific

Selected Alternatives for Irrigated Agricultural Development in Azua Valley, Dominican Republic

Published: 
August 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
Findings of a 2-week study to define options - primarily through public sector channels - for increasing the productivity of irrigated farming in the Dominican Republic's Azua Valley are summarized. The Valley's agricultural system and existing and planned irrigation infrastructure are...Read more
Regional focus: 
Dominican RepublicLatin America and the Caribbean

Procedure for Evaluating the Cost of Lifting Water for Irrigation in Egypt

Published: 
August 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
An analytical model for assessing alternative water lifting systems in Egypt, designed for use by policymakers, is presented. The procedure computes the cost of lifting water from tertiary delivery canals to farmers' fields on the basis of a combination of 23 variables: economic factors,...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Relation Between Irrigation Water Management and High Water Tables in Egypt

Published: 
July 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
High water table levels presenting hazards to crop growth were measured at field sites in upper, middle, and lower Egypt. Water table contribution to evapotranspiration was significant at each site. A water balance model of the water table aquifer was used to predict the effect of various...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Niger Irrigation Subsector Assessment

Published: 
July 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
The three specific objectives of the workshop were: (1) to examine ways in which concerns about complex relationships between water and human welfare could be integrated in the planning, design, operation and evaluation of irrigation and related water supply and sanitation projects; (2) to identify...Read more
Regional focus: 
NigerSub-Saharan Africa

Technical Assistance to Barbados Aid Mission "Development of RFP for Marine Resources Assessment in the Eastern Caribbean"

Published: 
July 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
The objective of the work in this report was to provide a multi-disciplinary assessment of the potential for small-scale fishery/mariculture development in the eastern Caribbean and to recommend appropriate development strategies.Read more
Regional focus: 
Latin America and the Caribbean

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