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Contributing to Food Security and Fulfilling Agriculture’s Commercial Potential through Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture in Singapore
Dr Paul Teng Professor and Adjunct Senior Fellow
Dr Paul Teng
Dr Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros Research Fellow
Dr Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros
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Singapore imports more than 90 per cent of its total food consumption, and grows some quantities of eggs, fish and vegetables. There are plans of boosting these numbers, although any initiative will need to value-add to the country’s economy and productivity. In order to be more food secure amid the limitation of space, the government has supported technologies such as vertical farming, and provided funding to help farmers upgrade practices. This study will look into the types of technologies that can be leveraged to boost farming’s productivity, and allow for greater production within the limits of space, water and labour. It will further study the enabling environment for technology, focusing on the technology-policy interface.
| Theme: | Non-Traditional Security |
| Region: | East Asia and Asia Pacific / Southeast Asia and ASEAN |
| Entity: | NTS Centre |
