Developmental work for the Lim Chu Kang masterplan was meant to commence in 2024.
The site of the Kranji woodland that was cleared by mistake in 2020 and 2021, in a photo taken on Oct 1, 2024.
The AFIP, announced in 2019 by the Ministry of Trade and Industry , is meant to bring together high-tech urban farming and associated research and development activities in Singapore’s agri-tech and food zone, near the Lim Chu Kang farms and other food-related industries in Senoko. Responding to queries from ST, JTC Corporation, an agency under MTI overseeing the development of the AFIP, and SFA said plans for the development of the park are being worked out, and details will be announced when they are ready. TheySFA has said the 30 by 30 vision – which outlines the goal for Singapore to produce 30 per cent of its nutritional needs by 2030 – is a stretch ambition to ensure local produce can serve as a buffer during supply chain disruptions.
Large swathes of Kranji woodland along the Rail Corridor were cleared while the authorities were in the midst of conducting biodiversity impact assessments there. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM SFA also said it has been conducting environmental studies since 2021 to understand the impact of sustainable farming activities, so that any effect on biodiversity can be managed. Actual site investigations will commence later in 2024.
Besides the two large-scale infrastructural plans, farms that are highly productive and climate-resilient have also been able to bid for agricultural plots in Lim Chu Kang and Sungei Tengah. Farm deLight, which had previously been growing microgreens, was awarded a tender in 2018 for a 2ha plot in Lim Chu Kang, to expand its farming operations beyond its 600 sq m facility in Boon Lay.
It cited problems with its joint venture partner, Chinese farming company SananBio, which supplied the farm with its production hardware.In farmland tender documents, SFA had indicated that it will take into account, among other things, the farm’s production track record, business plan and construction cost, and potential production output – which is a critical criterion.
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