But local egg production rose in 2023 to make up 31.9% of food consumption, up from 28.9% in 2022.
SINGAPORE – Local vegetable and seafood production fell in 2023, despite an increase in the number of vegetable farms, while local egg production went up.
The fall in local production comes amid reports of other headwinds confronting the local farming sector., citing issues with its joint venture partner, Chinese farming company SananBio, which supplies the farm with its production hardware.VertiVegies had intended to produce about six tonnes of vegetables daily, including local favourites such as xiao bai cai, nai bai and cabbage.
A spokesman for the company had said that farming in the southern waters comes with higher-than-usual operating costs due to inadequate infrastructure, making it challenging to be cost-competitive and to achieve long-term profitability. The IFH farm aims to cover the full ecosystem of egg production here, the only such facility here with the capability to do so. Its egg-laying facility in Lim Chu Kang was supposed to begin operations this year, followed by a day-old chick hatchery at the same site, a parent pullet farm in Tuas, and a parent layer farm in Sungei Tengah.
Singapore has also increased its number of food import sources in the past year, from 183 countries and regions in 2022 to 187 in 2023.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Local egg production increased in 2023, but vegetable and seafood production fell: SFALocal production of eggs in Singapore grew 12% last year, as compared to the year before. About 685 million eggs were produced. The Singapore Food Agency said this is because a few farms have improved their production processes, following upgrading works.
Read more »
More migrant workers excluded themselves from Singapore Pools online betting, jackpot rooms in 2023For Singapore Pools online betting, some 19,038 self-exclusions were made in 2023.
Read more »
Sprint queen Shanti Pereira is The Straits Times’ Athlete of the Year 2023When Shanti Pereira and her coach Luis Cunha sat down in January 2023 to plan for the busy season ahead, little did they expect to rejig their programme...
Read more »
Sprint queen Shanti Pereira is The Straits Times’ Athlete of the Year 2023She edged out swimmer Yip Pin Xiu, kitefoiler Maximilian Maeder, bowler Cherie Tan, English billiards player Peter Gilchrist and wushu exponent Jowen Lim to claim the prize.
Read more »
Over 6 million RDP brute force attacks recorded in 2023pstrongBrute force attacks involve systematically guessing passwords until the correct one is found./strong/p pSingapore registered a total of 6,059,867 brute force attacks on its remote desktop protocol (RDP) systems in 2023, according to Kaspersky's data.
Read more »
Singapore-ASEAN trade stands at $295.6b in 2023pstrongThe direct investment abroad from Singapore to ASEAN also reached $226.1b./strong/p pThe total trade between Singapore and its Southeast Asian neighbors amounted to $295.6b in 2023, a 14% increase from 2019.
Read more »