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SINGAPORE – Two parcels of land for agriculture in Lim Chu Kang and Sungei Tengah have come onto the market.
The over 10,000 square meter plot in Neo Tiew Crescent can be used to grow food crops, shellfish, quail eggs, cattle or goats for milk from cows and frogs, while the over 11,900 square meter plot in Sungei Tengah Road should be used for cultivation. vegetables.
Each parcel, which comes with a 20 year lease, is the size of approximately 11/2 football fields. The tender, published by the Singapore Food Agency (SFA), will close at 12pm on November 10 this year.
This is the sixth round of farmland sales since 2017, as Singapore strengthens its local production capacity in line with its “30 by 30” target of meeting 30 percent of its nutritional needs locally by 2030.
Since 2017, 27 parcels of land in the Lim Chu Kang and Sungei Tengah areas have been awarded to agri-food companies with promising technologies.
In January, Hay Dairies received a 10,000 square meter parcel of agricultural land in Neo Tiew Crescent, with a winning bid of $ 500,000.
Proposals for the two parcels will be evaluated based on the farms’ production capacity, track record, experience and relevant qualifications, as well as innovation, commercial viability and waste management. Proposals for the two parcels that can achieve high levels of production in a sustainable manner will have a higher probability of winning the parcels, SFA said.
“With less than 1 percent of the land set aside for agricultural food production, our farms have to make efficient use of scarce resources such as land, water and energy,” SFA said.
“Farms must take advantage of technology to increase productivity and be sustainable and resilient to climate change.”
Singapore’s farmland is mainly in Lim Chu Kang and Sungei Tengah, near Chua Chu Kang.
The agency will work with agricultural industry players toward “an exciting vision” for Lim Chu Kang’s agricultural area, said SFA’s senior director of food supply resilience, Melvin Chow.
For example, farm operators have requested centralized facilities and services, he said.
SFA is studying how the area can be redeveloped to improve its food production while incorporating circular economy principles such as waste reduction.
He added: “Going forward, the plans and timeline for future land tenders will be adapted to help promising farms achieve the high levels of food production necessary to meet our goal of ’30 by 30 ‘.”
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