Singapore Boosts Food Sources as Local Vegetable Supply Drops
- Singapore increased food supply sources to 187 places
- City has goal to produce 30% of food needs locally by 2030
Singapore imports nearly everything its population consumes.
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Singapore, which has been ramping up food security measures, saw its local vegetables and seafood production decline last year.
“It has not been an easy journey for local farms,” the Singapore Food Agency said in a report released on Monday. The agency attributed the decline to delays during the pandemic, inflationary pressures, higher energy prices and labor costs.