SINGAPORE: The authorities will not “dictate” farming methods even as Singapore pushes for increased productivity, said Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu on Wednesday .
Under the ‘30 by 30’ target, the Singapore Food Agency has set a goal of producing 30 per cent of Singapore’s nutritional needs by 2030. This was announced in March last year. “All the farmers have land leases from us, we will respect the land leases, we will let them ride out to the end. So we are not thinking about acquiring the land,” she said.“If we're really looking at making use of existing land that we have to transform the industry, we would want our conventional farmers to also think about ways to increase the yield,” she said.
However, she also pointed out that not many of them would be prepared to “toil” in a similar way as the generation before and the industry will need to explore less labour-intensive farming methods. “They can produce more so that it is more viable and that they can have a better living. In the end, that's what we really want - that Singaporeans get good paying jobs and careers and businesses,” she said.
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