Singapore: Food security despite the odds

Urban Farm DB summary

The SFA's CEO explains Singapore's food security strategy despite importing over 90% of food from about 170 countries and having only 1% of land for farming. Under the "30 by 30" goal, funds such as the Agriculture Productivity Fund, research grants, and the 30x30 Express Grant support farm technology upgrades, with nine urban farm sites on multi-storey carpark rooftops projected to produce about 1,600 tonnes of vegetables annually.

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• 90 %

  import dependency share(food imports)

  Economics

  region

  Singapore

  year

  2021

  method

  imports from ~170 countries and regions

• 1 %

  land share for food production(land availability)

  Policy

  region

  Singapore

  year

  2021

• 30 %

  target local nutritional production share(30 by 30 goal)

  Policy

  region

  Singapore

  year

  2030 target

• 1,000 t_per_ha_per_year↑ Increase

  vegetable yield per hectare(hi tech farms)

  YieldControl: average vegetable farms (~130 t/ha/year)

  region

  Singapore

• 1,600 t_per_year

  annual vegetable production(carpark urban farms)

  Yield

  region

  Singapore

  method

  nine carpark rooftop sites

• 42 usd_million

  funding committed(agriculture productivity fund)

  Economics

  region

  Singapore

  year

  2014-2020

  method

  committed to 115 farms

• 130 t_per_ha_per_year

  vegetable yield per hectare(average vegetable farms)

  Yield

  region

  Singapore

• 166 t_per_year

  annual fish production(eco ark aquaculture)

  Yield

  region

  Singapore

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