Getting students on board the movement to grow more local produce can seed a new generation to lead Singapore’s push for greater food self-sufficiency.What fewer people realise is just how audacious the fine print is – to touch this target while keeping farm use to 1 per cent of Singapore’s land.
The Singapore Food Agency is the key government agency driving this initiative. Is 30 by 30 an achievable target? Personally, I have my doubts. Indeed, when I first heard this objective years ago, I was both taken by the catchiness of the slogan and sceptical about how achievable it is for a country that imports 90 per cent of its food, to attain even that level of food sufficiency.
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