The arid northwest China is an undeveloped area in economy, being rich in mineral resources but shortage in water resources due to sparse rainfall and intense evaporation.

我国西北地区降水稀少，蒸发强烈，水资源贫乏，是矿产资源富饶的缺水贫困区。

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Scientists say Low Till Farming is becoming popular in South Asia, which is facing a severe water shortage.

科学家说，低耕农业在面临严重的水资源短缺的南亚越来越流行。

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Only by using modern irrigation methods can we reduce water shortage in agriculture.

只有使用现代的灌溉方法，我们才能减少农业用水短缺的情况。

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China's efforts have been encouraged by an increasingly desperate shortage of water in the north.

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The worst water shortage in more than a century has hit the country's southwest, in Guizhou and Sichuan provinces in addition to Yunnan and Guangxi.

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During a water shortage that Venezuela suffered in 2009, he took to the airwaves to encourage Venezuelans to take showers that lasted only three minutes.

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