Water is the starting point of life and indispensable for the continuity of life. It is the source of life not only for humans, but also for every living creature on our planet, from the smallest to the largest. However, this extremely valuable source of life has been under serious threat in recent years. Human activities, global warming and climate change cause rapid depletion of water resources. Some facts and figures shared about water scarcity are unfortunately very worrisome. Here are some of them; • 2.3 billion people live in water-stressed countries, of which 733 million live in high and critically water-stressed countries. (UN-Water, 2021) • 3.2 billion people live in agricultural areas with high to very high water shortages or scarcity, of whom 1.2 billion people - roughly one-sixth of the world's population - live in severely water- constrained agricultural areas. (FAO, 2020) • Today, 1.42 billion people - including 450 million children - live in areas of high or extremely high water vulnerability. (UNICEF, 2021) • About 4 billion people, representing nearly two-thirds of the global population, experience severe water scarcity during at least one month of the year. (Mekonnen and Hoekstra, 2016) • 72% of all water withdrawals are used by agriculture, 16% by municipalities for households and services, and 12% by industries. (UN-Water, 2021) • When a territory withdraws 25% or more of its renewable freshwater resources it is said to be ‘water-stressed’. Five out of 11 regions have water stress values above 25%, including two regions with high water stress and one with extreme water stress. (UN-Water, 2021) It is up to people that this threatening picture does not deepen. In order to emphasize this responsibility, the United Nations (UN) declared tackling the water crisis as one of its Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in 2015. The announced SDG made a commitment to “ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all”. However, it is stated that the water crisis is spreading much faster than expected. In other words, although it is up to us not to deepen the table, but it is also certain that we do not act very actively in this regard. However, climatologists continue to emphasize at every opportunity that hotter summers due to global warming have caused a great decrease in the level of surface and groundwater since 2018. In other words, if we do not use the existing resources more efficiently and in a planned way, it is not a remote possibility that our water and animal and vegetable food sources will run out. We shouldn’t forget that water is our most important stress reduction source. In this issue, we cover the impact of global warming on animal health and performance. Enjoy your reading…! See you in the next issue ! Publisher Muhammed Akatay akatay@threeplusmedia.com Responsible Manager Özlem Akatay ozlem@feedandadditive.com Editor-in-Chief Derya Yıldız derya@feedandadditive.com Editors Bahadır Büyükkılıç Burak Varol editor@feedandadditive.com Design Alper Kandemir design@threeplusmedia.com Web Design Caner Cem Pulat web@threeplusmedia.com Proofreading Lisa Atakul editor1@feedandadditive.com Circulation and Data Responsible Amine Şengün sm@threeplusmedia.com Ataturk St. Metropol Istanbul Ste. Block C1, No:376 Atasehir, Istanbul/TURKEY Phone: +90 850 220 5064 E-Mail: info@feedandadditive.com Web: www.feedandadditive.com Publication Type: Periodic (Monthly) EDITOR How will we cope with water scarcity? Derya YILDIZ © Three Plus Media | All rights reserved. Reproduction, in whole or in part, is prohibited without the written permission of the publisher. *DISCLAIMER: All views and ideas expressed in articles published in the magazine reflect the point of views of the author(s), not that of the Editor-in-Chief, Editors, Editorial Board or Publisher of Feed & Additive Magazine. The Editor-in-Chief, Editors, Editorial Board and Publisher assume no responsibility or liability in such cases. The publisher does not give any warranty and representation to the accuracy or completeness of the contents and data published in the magazine. All responsibility of the contents, articles and information published in the magazine belongs to the authors. The publisher and the authors cannot be held responsible for any damages resulting from the use of the whole or part of the content of the magazine. feedandadditive
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