Growing Singapore's Food Security | Food, Energy, Water - Part 1 | Full Episode

Food security is an existential issue for Singapore. Today’s fast-evolving and complex operating landscape has accentuated Singapore’s vulnerability in food safety and security.
In this episode, we examine Singapore's three main food security strategies. They include growing locally, diversifying food sources, and expanding internationally. We will also look at how technology can help Singapore grow more with less.
Stories include how researchers and entrepreneurs - both local and foreign - are pursuing bold new frontiers to transform conventional agriculture in the fast-growing food technology sector.
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About the show: Food, Energy, Water - resources that are indispensable for a nation’s survival. How are countries safeguarding security of these critical assets, in an increasingly unpredictable world?
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[@ShahulHameed-ur1gg]

00:00 - Walk to Svalbard Seed Vault by Michael Haddad 03:34 - Prof William Chen on the global food crisis 04:14 - Dr Ho Chi Tim on Singapore Food History 05:40 - Rice importer, Andrew Tan 08:56 - Åsmund Asdal and The Svalbard Global Seed Vault 11:50 - Temasek Rice 13:40 - Dr Alvin Yeo, Singapore Food Agency 14:00 - Lim Chu Kang Masterplan, Singapore 15:16 - Aqualita, Container Fish Farm, Singapore 17:56 - Artisan Green, Singapore's indoor vegetable farm 20:27 - Local produce with Chef Justin Foo and Thomson Medical 25:41 - Nicholas Ng, importer of chickens 29:23 - Brunei Fish Farm, Barramundi Group 35:01 - Swedish Nordic Genetic Resource Center 37:49 - Singapore's Temasek Life Science Aquaculture 40:42 - Mycovation, an alternative protein company 42:57 - ETH Zurich and NUS Microalge Alternative Protein

[@ks--2755]

Good luck

[@jarrodyuki7081]

i see sustainable.

[@retiredbroker]

Good thing the population is shrinking then

[@daddyraffles7083]

singapore needs to move fast...change the use of several islands around singapore to farm various food sources and create vegetable farms 🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬

[@antheatay6751]

Exactly what I have always thought that all our islands should be converted to food land

[@limlisa]

@@antheatay6751 then we people live where?

[@ditsygirl5409]

@@limlisaSingapore got 64 islands, we can convert a few to raise poultry. Also, more land reclaiming needs to be done on the main island for the Singaporeans to live in.

[@mariaannainditahernawati7132]

ow aussie ternyata mengijinkan anak ikan dieksport ya bukannya aussie ingin industri ikannya bisa dieksport ketika bobot ikan sdh cukup? atau krn aussie juga punya bagian di perusahaan di brunei tsb?

[@threadsofthesoul5269]

“If you want to know what your priorities are, in terms of establishing and maintaining stability, you must think in terms of food, water and energy. These will become ever more important and significant, not only to governments or to experts, but to average citizens-and not just citizens living in drought-stricken parts of the world, or impoverished nations, but everywhere.” - “Food, Water and Energy” (2009) from the book 'The New World Prophecy' by Marshall Vian Summers. (Look it up, it's free online)

[@dansonng8369]

Great achievement, however, the cos is pretty high comparing imported veg

[@ramatgan1]

Singapore's problem is that it has no land available to grow food. It has the weather (lots of rain) but you need reservoirs to catch that rain and again there is lack of space. Here in Somalia we have the opposite problem, we have huge land but little water.

[@haridaspanicker5888]

Singapore recently has survived a rude shock of food security when Malaysia had to restrict supply of live chickens to the island. Food and water are expensive in Singapore which has to import both basics of life! When the World gets forced to distribute scarce food resources, say in a War scenario, the small nation could face starvation. Except its leaders have already begun planning for meeting such emergencies in the future!

[@hunterhq295]

I bought some vegetables from aquaponics and my dad grows hydroponic vegetables for us

[@palamirtammarimuthu1752]

I heard of hydrophonics in Riverside Secondary..1990s.....plus minus...some don't like the chemicals in the water.... you know old folks...🤔👁️👁️🇸🇬

[@sn5301679]

It will make the plant gay... 🙈

[@usagibunny00]

while the excessive consumerism not cease it can be very difficult to secure enough food for the projecting population growth, as for now we actually have enough food to feed the whole population on the earth but starvation and malnutrituion exist

[@annbella9567]

The trouble is that people who can least afford contributes the most in the overpopulation eg the Catholic faith Ed countries 🙄

[@quitplayingboss609]

🙏👁️👍

[@juvezhang1715]

Without water no everything is more expensive.

[@aleksandr678]

Countries that depend only on food imports are pitiful, especially if there is a food crisis around the world.

[@GamerLogicalArt]

you all should give up meat, so there is more meat for me and my carnivore brethren. hahaha :D

[@espacetraveller]

ya still increase GST?

[@CC-dx6bc]

Insects fish mushrooms

[@popcorn6931]

Food in Singapore is subsidized... no problem.

[@kengng8797]

No, the factories owners are subsidized. There are no food produce in Singapore, only food products full of chemicals.

[@jarrodyuki7081]

we need railways highways road and bridges in every nation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! intj entj istp estj.

[@badboi888]

Maybe breed insect instead? Insect can provide higher amount of protein and lesser carbon footprints compared to animals source.

[@MrAtomUniverse]

nah it wont work

[@papa-dt1cv]

Lease land from Africa?

[@acrylicnailtrend721]

Why why is it ALWAYS the consumer that gets the brunt of the price increase How about the billionaires take on that brunt and big business not the little guy

[@tanjoy0205]

I wonder what’s next 50% by 2050?

[@niconiconii5266]

First, they will have to solve the price, subsidised solar panel for all agriculture players would do.

[@zyankon8318]

What Asians and Africans and South Americans etc must do is to not consume (not just food) like the Americans. If the rest of the world consume like the Americans, it is not sustainable. The best way forward of course is for the Americans to consume like the rest of the world but that is tough.

[@annbella9567]

The trouble why Americans consume so much is because the food sources is lack on nutrition forcing the bodies to crave for more!

[@CC-dx6bc]

Why don’t we consume the americans?

[@linneanielsen4552]

Shame on them all !

[@EA-tc6kb]

Correction, the war in 1940 was due to food shortages not the other way around... That's where we are headed as 2030 approaches. We cannot change climate we only change how we grow food and produce fresh water.

[@MrBoliao98]

I think it is a shame that we allocate such ridiculous amounts of space to B1 and Industrial land but not to something as important as food. Just think of how silly it sounds the farmer goes to factory to do modular farming. Why are we mixing. We go grow fish and other higher end product, we not only can feed ourselves, we may actually be able to export if we play the right cards.

[@limlisa]

you are in delusion and serious ine

[@Benjamin-wy4dj]

Supply and demand. You allocate so much land produce can make money anot. This one basic question no need think hard

[@MrBoliao98]

@@Benjamin-wy4dj if we are exporting high end seafood, high end vegetables instead of importing, yes. Furthermore, it reaches a point because of Covid, people can say I am not exporting to you, even if you throw money. The govt read that, no brainer. The question is not whether we do, the question now is how much more. We doubling our egg farming capacity, only you here don't read the writing on the wall. We need food security, and that one money and $psf doesn't quite value and quantify.

[@20ksubchallenge0video5]

8 billion people all around the world 4 billion in poverty, Such a shame to materialisms

[@magahongkong4664]

Without materialism, it's worse. What does materialism achieve?? Well, it makes sure those that produce essentials don't just operate account surplus forever. They need to spend them money to recycle back into the economy so other less essential producers can create wealth too. Without materialism, farmers, energy producers, water producers, or even health care workers can just enjoy having people to pay them without spending at all because they don't need to spend for anything beyond what they can produce. There will not be enough job creation for everybody so the jobless cannot pay for essential and they starve to death. Materialism is bad but that's the best system we can have. You can call it the cleanest shirt in the dirty laundry.

[@xxoo-lp6vc]

😅😅China just try to feed it's people also wrong doing. Also a threat to U.S. security. May 27, 2022 Caitlin McFall，Fox News -China’s determination to become self-sufficent and resolve its food security challenges could put the U.S., as the world’s leading producer in agriculture, in Beijing’s crosshairs, a federal report warned this week. The report released by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) warned that China’s efforts to bolster its agricultural sector not only pose an economic challenge but a threat to U.S. security.

[@badboi888]

Too bad for the poor, such is life

[@annbella9567]

No, shame on those in poverty to produce more children instead of forcing their energy towards getting themselves out of poverty!

[@moot8107]

Exploiting grant money only

[@drphilipk]

It's just silly rich people stuff, you cannot feed the world with such high cost agriculture. It's heavily reliant on fossil fuel based energy from the plastic structures. Chemicals and fuel to power the processing machines for such small scale. It's not unsurprising that there is not one such company in the global or fortune 500.

[@xxoo-lp6vc]

Actually all price go up are geopolitical problem....USA want to reset the supply chain 😅China just try to feed it's people also wrong doing. Also a threat to U.S. security. May 27, 2022 Caitlin McFall，Fox News -China’s determination to become self-sufficent and resolve its food security challenges could put the U.S., as the world’s leading producer in agriculture, in Beijing’s crosshairs, a federal report warned this week. The report released by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) warned that China’s efforts to bolster its agricultural sector not only pose an economic challenge but a threat to U.S. security.

[@vennsim71]

Most of these companies are based in Singapore, and to feed the population of 5million. You will not get into Fortune 500 by feeding 5 million folks. And these farms are mostly solar powered. The initial set up cost is higher than coming up with a piece of rural land in India for example. But repetitive batches of growing, and with much faster rate of farming to dinning, it will greatly reducing the costs involved. Also, more of the nutrients for the plants and fishes are derived from byproducts as researches improved. And also, having the produce at our doorstep removes the costs of freight and logistics, warehousing at port etc. So much so some vegetables costing SGD 1 to import from neighbouring Malaysia only cost SGD 1.10 now, and is expected to further reduce. Economies of scale, basics of economics, do study wee bit boy. Saying things like it’s a rich people stuff merely reflect your ignorance. Once upon a time, Singapore relied on even water imports from Malaysia just to survive. Now, we are 100% self sufficient with 17 reservoirs, 4 water desalination plants, 2 waste water treatment plants. We even treated water and sell back to Malaysia. From a time we were dirt poor and can’t have a simple thing like drinking water, till such today, yeah, rich man stuff. Continue to dwell in the impossible theory and your country will remain 3rd world.

[@vennsim71]

Also, high tech farming reduces carbon footprints, and the pollutions that comes with traditional farming methods. Land degradation, ground water pollution, pesticide and chemical residues in soil causing secondary poisoning, these are far more damaging to the environment and subsequently economy. Less will be yield from per acre of land as time goes by, your utility curve will taper downwards, and desertification may occur in some instances. India and US are good examples.

[@taxol2]

I think Singapore’s main goal is trying to have self sustainity, not to feed the world. So its main goal is to feed 5-6million people and not 7.7 billion people

[@officericantbreathe3302]

@@vennsim71 man speaking straight facts

[@ergker2243]

👍 🆗💉🇷🇺🇺🇦💉🌎💯🙌💪👍

[@awolpeace1781]

Holy sh**, what a lie

[@jameh2o406]

Thank you bill gate 🤬

[@alui5362]

if it's really climate change (and not horrendous policy making) that is causing shortage, please explain/dig into why netherlands (world powerhouse for agriculture) farmers are forced to stop farming. please explain/dig into why nuclear plants and gas lines (e.g. keystone in the US) were shut off in the name of 'climate change', thus making EU dependent on Russia and giving Russia the leverage to launch a war. climate change POLICIES are causing these hardships. not climate change itself. please differentiate yourselves from other journalist outlets and dig deeper as to the real causes of inflation and hardship today.

[@johnnycrepaul547]

This is very expensive farming. The poor nations will not afford such an expensive farming. The food will also be very expensive. Not looking very heathy because they used artificial energy.

[@CC-dx6bc]

Use solar & geothermal & nuclear

[@ditsygirl5409]

Nonsense, this is the future of farming. When sea water warms, your fishes in the sea water will get sick easily and die easily due to overheating. The fishes rear from fish farm not connected to sea water will ensure that fishes grow in optimal condition and that there’s no need for antibiotics as the water is clean and not contaminated by anything.