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Thursday, April 09, 2020

$30m for local farms to grow more, grow faster

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the Republic's 30 by 30 goal, or to produce enough food here to meet 30 per cent of its nutritional needs by 2030. Currently, less than 10 per cent of food consumed here is grown locally.

the recent Covid-19 situation has exposed to the forefront our need for food security as food supply chains are affected by the various lockdowns that paralyse major transportation....Other than water security, food security and manpower security are crucial to Singapore....Recall how the 300,000 Malaysian workers we have been depending on becomes obvious in recent weeks as Malaysia implemented its lockdown....

Qn: How far should countries aim to be self-sufficient? (Cam. 2011)