Food supply

When the gates close – designing the resilient city

Each crisis – including the current conflict in the Middle East – has shown how global supply chains buckle. Will Singapore rethink its urban planning and design?

In an era of persistent uncertainty, the most resilient food systems will be those with the deepest capacity to turn options into outcomes.

Beyond supply: Why capability is the next frontier of food resilience

If food cannot arrive in ready-to-consume forms, do we have the ability to convert raw inputs into shelf-stable products?

With corn prices rising, it’s not just corn on the cob that will cost more. Corn-fed beef, soft drinks and other food products made with high-fructose corn syrup will also get more expensive.

Hormuz closure threatens global food supply: Why grocery price hikes are coming

The cost and availability of fertiliser will affect the whole world

If the conflict lasts over 40 days and input costs remain high, farmers may reduce inputs, plant less, or switch crops, leading to lower future yields and affecting food supply and prices for the rest of this year and next.

World food prices rose in March as Iran war lifted energy costs

The FAO Food Price Index, which measures changes in a basket of globally traded food commodities, averaged 128.5 points in March

Dang Huynh Uc My (pictured) stepped up as AgriS chairwoman in July 2024 after about two decades in senior roles, including overseas training in finance and management in New Zealand.
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Next gen steers Vietnam’s US$1 billion sugar empire to go global – starting with three-person Singapore office

Chairwoman Dang Huynh Uc My is determined that sugar alone will not define AgriS’ future

Hundreds of consignments have been stranded at ports and border checkpoints since the roll-out of new inspection rules.

Damage done: Vietnam’s food-safety push creates bitter aftertaste for businesses despite U-turn 

The new inspection rules, now suspended for 70 days, are jamming border crossings, disrupting supply chains and could push near-term prices up

A corn field in Indiana in the US. Yield growth for the three main cereals – corn, rice and wheat – has nearly flatlined over the past five years.

World’s food security is facing a triple threat

Humanity’s risk of starvation is going up with falling crop yields, strained water supplies and restrictive food trade

Under the new framework, the Republic aims to produce 20% of its fibre consumption by 2035 – covering leafy and fruited vegetables, bean sprouts and mushrooms.

Singapore’s revised food targets prioritise scalable, efficient production

Details on support schemes for farmers will be announced at MSE’s upcoming Committee of Supply debate

Greenphyto founder and CEO Susan Chong (right) speaking during a tour of the farm. With her at its official opening are guest of honour President Tharman Shanmugaratnam (left), Minister of Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu (second from left) and the ministry's Senior Minister of State Zaqy Mohamad (second from right); Senior Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Desmond Tan is fifth from left.

Singapore food output gets S$80 million boost with opening of Greenphyto’s vertical farm, tallest in the world

With growing chambers at 23 metres tall, the facility has an output 45 times higher than traditional farming methods