SFA said that it would continue to work with HDB to tender out more rooftop sites at multi-storey car parks for urban farming in the fourth quarter of 2020.
In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu said that the challenges of COVID-19 and climate change, together with other trade and environmental pressures,"pose a threat to Singapore's supply of critical resources such as food"."To mitigate the risks of disruption to our food supply, we set a '30 by 30' goal last year. By 2030, we aim to meet 30 per cent of our nutritional needs with locally produced food.
"As land is scarce in Singapore, SFA has been unlocking alternative spaces to grow food, such as vacant buildings and carpark rooftops, and we will be tendering out more of such spaces," said Ms Fu. "Over the next few years, we will be master-planning the larger Lim Chu Kang area and will be engaging the stakeholders and the public in the process. In the longer term, we will expand agriculture in the Lim Chu Kang area and aquaculture off our southern coast," she added.
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