TY - BOOK ED - FAO. TI - Effective Rainfall PY - 0000///[date of publication not identified] CY - Rome PB - FAO KW - RAINFALL KW - IRRIGATION KW - WATER N1 - Chapter1: Introduction. 1. Effective rainfall and its significance. 2 The pathway of rain water. 3. Concepts of effective rainfall. 4. Definition of effective rainfall. 5. Effectiveness of rainfall 6. Factors influences effective rainfall. Chapter2: Measurement of effective rainfall. 1. Components of effective rainfall and their measurement. 2. Empirical methods of determining effective rainfall. 3. Determining effective rainfall from formulae 4. Determining effective rainfall from formulae. 4. Evaluation of methods. Chapter3: Application of effective rainfall data in irrigation and drainage projects. 1. Irrigation project design. 2. Irrigation project operation. 3. Drainage projects. 4. Rice cultivation. 5. Effects of groundwater 6. Effective rainfall in urinated and low rainfall areas. Chapter4: Increasing the proportion or effective rainfall its effectiveness and further lines of work. 1. Increasing effective rainfall 2. Increasing the effectiveness of rainfall. 3. Further lines of work needed in the field of effective rainfall in agriculture ER -