So by the '90s, believe it or not, they were actually self-sufficient in food, but they did it at a great cost. They did it at a cost of their aquifers, they did it at a cost of their surface water.
Верьте или нет, а к 90-м годам они сами обеспечивали себя продовольствием, но дорого за это заплатили: ценой водоносных горизонтов и вод из открытых водоёмов.