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2. Food Security Beyond Borders: Securing ASEAN’s Food Supply Chains
- Author:
- Jose M. L. Montesclaros and Paul Teng
- Publication Date:
- 11-2024
- Content Type:
- Commentary and Analysis
- Institution:
- Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
- Abstract:
- Regional trade and economic integration will be increasingly important in future ASEAN food security discussions post-2025. A shift is needed going beyond the traditional focus on country-level food security towards a truly integrated regional approach based on interlinked food supply chain security.
- Topic:
- Food Security, Borders, ASEAN, and Supply Chains
- Political Geography:
- Asia and Southeast Asia
3. COVID-19: Its Impact on Food Sufficiency
- Author:
- Paul Teng
- Publication Date:
- 03-2020
- Content Type:
- Commentary and Analysis
- Institution:
- Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
- Abstract:
- While COVID-19 has focused attention on the immediate danger of food shortages, it behooves small island states like Singapore to continue efforts to develop more stable and sustainable food sources. And to put in place public outreach programmes which inform on food and nutrition security.
- Topic:
- Security, Food, Pandemic, and COVID-19
- Political Geography:
- Malaysia, Singapore, and Southeast Asia
4. The Evolving Singapore Agrifood Ecosystem
- Author:
- Paul Teng, Jose Ma, Luis Montesclaros, Rob Hulme, and Andrew Powell
- Publication Date:
- 08-2019
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
- Abstract:
- The Singapore agrifood ecosystem is fast changing from one focused primarily on food security to one which also addresses a new economic sub-sector for export of processed food and “disruptive technologies”. Recently there has been a marked convergence of various technologies including FoodTech, AgTech, FinTech and MedTech. In 2019, exciting initiatives were announced which included the development of a new 18 ha AgriFood Innovation Park (AFIP), a new food security strategy of 30% food self-sufficiency by 2030, the launch of the Enterprise Singapore backed Seeds Capital investment for several new AgriFoodTech Accelerators and the launch of the new Singapore Food Agency (SFA) under the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources (MEWR). All these have come at a time when there is an increasing number of new startups and commercial enterprises engaged in farming and food processing, including indoor plant factories growing a range of fruit and vegetables and land-based fish farms. How do all these developments compare with similar ecosystems in successful agrifood countries like the Netherlands? Building on a previous NTS INSIGHT on developing a successful urban food cluster, this INSIGHT will explore ways to successfully integrate the key elements such as research and development; retail and consumers; human resources and education; financing; and policy. It concludes with some foresighted insights on the future direction of the ecosystem.
- Topic:
- Agriculture, Environment, Science and Technology, and Food Security
- Political Geography:
- Singapore and Southeast Asia
5. Singapore’s ’30 by 30’ Strategy: Can Food Self-Production Be Achieved?
- Author:
- Paul Teng and Jose Montesclaros
- Publication Date:
- 03-2019
- Content Type:
- Commentary and Analysis
- Institution:
- Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
- Abstract:
- The recent announcements in Parliament to raise Singapore’s food self-production level from the current 10% to 30% of total food needs by 2030, the “30 by 30” strategy, have raised some pertinent questions on capacity, investment and exportability.
- Topic:
- Agriculture, Food, Investment, and Exports
- Political Geography:
- Singapore and Southeast Asia
6. Singapore’s Nascent Urban Farming: Potential Future Regional Centre?
- Author:
- Jose Montesclaros and Paul Teng
- Publication Date:
- 11-2018
- Content Type:
- Commentary and Analysis
- Institution:
- Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
- Abstract:
- Singapore signalled strong support for its urban farming industry by tendering 24 hectares of land for high-productivity vegetable farms in 2017. Foresighted action is now needed to reduce risk to leafy vegetable producers and to fulfil the sector’s commercial potential. Can it be a future regional centre for urban food production?
- Topic:
- Agriculture, Food Security, Urban, and Farming
- Political Geography:
- Singapore and Southeast Asia
7. ASEAN Food Security: Towards a More Comprehensive Framework
- Author:
- Barry Desker, Mely Caballero-Anthony, and Paul Teng
- Publication Date:
- 05-2014
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
- Abstract:
- This Policy Brief is based on the Issues Paper on ASEAN Food Security: Towards a More Comprehensive Framework. The key message is that food security is a priority agenda for the AEC, and the issues to be addressed are: (1) current impediments to agricultural trade and food production; (2) standardisation mechanisms and regulatory frameworks; (3) disjunctions between regional arrangements and domestic policies; (4) public-private partnerships; and (5) crucial indicators for food security robustness.
- Topic:
- Security, Agriculture, Regional Cooperation, Food, Food Security, and Farming
- Political Geography:
- Asia and Southeast Asia
8. Tackling urban and rural food wastage in Southeast Asia: Issues and interventions
- Author:
- Paul Teng and Sally Trethewie
- Publication Date:
- 10-2012
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
- Abstract:
- Food wastage is prevalent in Southeast Asia and has significant implications for the region's food, environmental and economic security. It is likely that the region wastes approximately 33 per cent of food, but accurate estimates are not available due to a dearth of quantitative information. Wastage occurs at all stages of food supply chains, from the point of production to post-harvest, retail and consumption. Effective interventions to prevent and minimise food wastage exist but are not widely implemented in Southeast Asia. In the context of these issues, the RSIS Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies hosted an Expert Working Group Meeting in August 2012 to discuss food wastage in Southeast Asia. This policy brief draws on the findings of the meeting and provides several policy recommendations for Southeast Asian governments to address urban and rural food wastage.
- Topic:
- Security, Agriculture, Food, and Famine
- Political Geography:
- Southeast Asia
9. Ensuring Urban Food Security in ASEAN
- Author:
- Mely Caballero-Anthony, Paul Teng, Margarita Escaler, and Pau Khan Khup Hangzo
- Publication Date:
- 08-2010
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
- Abstract:
- This synthesis provides the main findings of the Food Security Expert Group Meeting which was convened by the RSIS Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies in Singapore on 4–5 August 2010. The Meeting brought together experts from multilateral and bilateral agencies, international and regional organisations, universities, agribusiness firms and relevant Singapore government agencies. The Meeting aimed to examine the context of urban food security relative to global food security and rural food security; explore the development of an ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Food Security Management Information System; assist in developing a research agenda on urban food security; and identify possible roles for Singapore in the global food system.
- Topic:
- Security, Agriculture, Development, and Food
- Political Geography:
- Singapore and Southeast Asia