The Central Asia Sub-Regional Coordinator and Türkiye Representative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Viorel Gutu, underlined the vital significance of water assets and urged governments to put money into water administration, whereas emphasizing the necessity to inform farmers about sustainable water practices within the third National Dairy Congress, organized in partnership with Ankara University’s Faculty of Agriculture, Dairy Technology Department and Dairy Academy.
Gutu highlighted that this 12 months’s World Food Day is devoted to water, a treasured pure useful resource, with the theme “Water is Life, Water is Sustenance.” He defined that this international observance goals to lift consciousness about starvation, meals insecurity and the way forward for meals, encouraging individuals to provoke motion for the betterment of meals, humanity and the planet.
World Food Day is well known in additional than 150 international locations and in additional than 50 languages.
Water, which covers many of the Earth’s floor and makes up over 50% of the human physique, is important for all times and intently linked to local weather, power, city environments, meals safety, poverty, gender equality and well being, in keeping with Gutu. He burdened the significance of offering entry to protected water and sanitation for all by 2030 as a part of reaching sustainable improvement objectives.
Gutu underscored that 70% of the planet’s freshwater is used for agricultural irrigation and that transformative adjustments in agriculture may also help deal with the worldwide water disaster whereas making certain meals safety. Presently, 2.4 billion individuals reside in water-stressed international locations, 80% of wastewater is launched into the atmosphere untreated, and water-related pure disasters resulted in financial prices exceeding $200 billion in 2021.
To successfully handle water assets, Gutu affords a number of ideas:
– Produce extra with much less water by adopting holistic, built-in and future-oriented approaches
– Invest in water assets administration
– Equip farmers with the required data and instruments for sustainable water use and administration
Gutu additionally burdened the necessity for a greater understanding of water, its administration, and its worth in meals manufacturing and environmental preservation. The FAO collaborates with varied stakeholders at international, regional, and nationwide ranges to boost water administration, cut back water losses, and enhance water effectivity. They promote an interdisciplinary, built-in method to water useful resource administration and supply accessible water options.
The FAO additionally makes use of progressive instruments, such because the FAO Water Efficiency Open Access Portal (WaPOR) and AQUASTAT to gather, analyze, and disseminate knowledge and data on international water assets.
“The international community must value water, the food it sustains, and the planet it nourishes to ensure a sustainable and prosperous future,” the physique burdened.
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