退耕

tuìgēng

退耕 — tuìgēng

1. to give up farming; to retire land from cultivation (often to return it to forest or grassland)

   政府鼓励农民退耕还林。 zhèngfǔ gǔlì nóngmín tuìgēngháilín — The government encourages farmers to give up farming and return land to forest.