- What we saw today is that we had
people from the tech sector
down to urban farmers,
down to academia and
agencies, all coming together
and talking about this
and that's fantastic.
- All the projections show
that we'll be continuing to densify
and one of these big questions is
how are we gonna feed all these people?
- I think the world is
going to have fewer farmers
and Singapore needs to
achieve the 2030-30 goal
to supply 30 percent
of our food yearly,
so I think there's a big
opportunity for young generations
to be able to produce food
in a different manner.
- Singapore offers brilliant opportunity.
There's only 1% of the total land area
that is being used for
agricultural purposes,
so there's lots of opportunity,
lots of technology,
and now with lots of
innovation being brought in,
I think it could be a completely
upward journey from here.
- The industry manages to establish
a common framework of understanding
and the common language of understanding
and the common language of communication
between the relevant stakeholders,
then I think the opportunities
and the potential results will be great.
- We exactly need that ecosystem
and framework to come together
to be able to achieve things very quickly
and if it can do that,
then that becomes a pilot study
for the rest of the world,
or let's say ASEAN for that matter.
- We have a big challenge
because most of our food
are imported,
so they will be good to have
self-sustainable food
industry in this country.
- The challenge is the amount of land.
The opportunity is
finding new ways to grow,
whether it's hydroponics or
on the facades of skyscrapers
or using more of the urban
rooftops, things like that.
- Arup Explores is the
global foresight program
that we run every year.
We use a different theme every year.
We try to think of something
that Arup is not necessarily expert at,
but something we should know more about.
- We talk about indoor
farming, urban farming,
would be more resilient
to changes in the weather conditions.
- But I think, if you produce food
that loses nutritional value,
close to the consumer would be
probably the biggest opportunity of all.
- The solutions are all out there,
we all just need to make the commitment
and put our effort to make it happen.
