Assessing sustainability of agricultural water saving in an arid area with shallow groundwater

Agricultural water‐saving practices are important in order to cope with the increasing shortage of water resources in arid and semi‐arid areas. With water use efficiency and productivity being improved, however, more intense regional agricultural water‐saving practices may induce the reduction of vegetation coverage and also groundwater decline. We assess the sustainability of regional agricultural water‐saving practices in an arid area based on...