Singapore

Natural Disasters and Climate Change Impacts on Singapore’s Food Supply and its Mitigation Efforts

Tai Wei Lim
ABSTRACT Singaporean Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu is worried about the impact of climate change’s dry spells, heatwaves, intense rain, deluge and floods sweeping away farm animals and destroying food stocks all over the world. In addition, Singapore is low-lying and...
Country: Singapore Topic: Climate change
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The Friendly Durian Competition in Southeast Asia

Tai Wei Lim
ABSTRACT Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia are the major durian producers in the world and the humble fruit has since become a premium product with hectares measured in high value dollar terms per unit hectare. In this boom, China has become the world's largest importer and consumer of...
Country: Singapore Topic: Agribusiness
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Low Carbon Urban Farming in Singapore

Tai Wei Lim
ABSTRACT For Singapore, low carbon urban farming connotes not only the availability of hard physical infrastructures set up for this purpose but also the software aspects of changing the mind-sets of growers, consumers and retailers. For the government, this means supporting the urban farming...
Country: Singapore Topic: Eco-friendly agriculture (satoyama and satoumi)
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Bonsai Nurseries in Singapore

Tai Wei Lim
ABSTRACT The bonsai movement in Singapore is influenced by both Japan and China and also by indigenous developments. Some of the first bonsai works in Singapore can be found in Buddhist temples. Today, some of Singapore's natural sceneries, public parks or secondary forests serve as inspirations...
Country: Singapore Topic: Overview
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Crab Condominium Farming in Singapore and Vietnam

Tai Wei Lim
ABSTRACT Some Singaporean crab breeders specialized in boxed drawer crab rearing were trained in a workshop founded by a boxed crab-rearing hobbyist/enthusiast. They turned their interests into individual food self-reliance ventures while keeping in touch with a growing community of restaurants...
Country: Singapore Topic: Fisheries
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