Singapore where only 1% of the land is available for farming, is taking some noteworthy measures to be self-sufficient and ensure food security. It is planning to increase food availability in its city-state by taking to new and innovative ideas of farming like rooftop farming. The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has put up a tender for nine rooftops of public housing multi-storey car parks for growing vegetables and food crops.
The SFA said that the government would provide SGD 30 million (USD 21 million) in grants to support the agri-food industry and ramp up production of items like vegetables, eggs, fish etc in the next 6-24 months.
Currently, Singapore fulfills only 10% food requirements of its people that are approximately 5.7 million in numbers.
The SFA stated that it thought of this alternative for its food needs because 90% of food resources in Singapore are made available through imports and when these imports stopped due to the pandemic, they realized the concerns that would occur due to shortage of the same.