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 Stories About: Asia AND desertification AND water pollution
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Well To-Do
Farmers Across Asia Emptying Underground Water Tables |
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27 Aug 2004 |
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| Well To-Do Farmers Across Asia Emptying Underground Water Tables Farmers in India, Pakistan, Vietnam, and northern China are setting themselves up for drought and famine in decades to come by pushing wells deep into the ground, emptying underground reserves at a rate faster than precipitation can replenish them. India's government system of irrigation canals is decrepit, so farmers have sunk some 21 million wells an ... |
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| Topics: Asia, desertification, water pollution (all these topics) |
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