As aquifers are depleted and irrigation wells go dry, farmers either revert to low-yield dryland farming or, in the more arid regions, abandon farming altogether.

• 随着蓄水层的枯竭和灌溉井的干涸，农民不得不改种低产的旱地作物，在更为干旱的地区，他们干脆放弃耕作。