Food security in Singapore is the availability and accessibility of food to individuals regarding their economic and physical status and circumstances. Some factors threaten the stability of food security, and once they tip the balance, the vulnerable groups in the community will be the first affected. The food becomes scarce, inaccessible, and unaffordable.
Here are the factors that affect food security:
1. Climate
Frequent droughts and storms make it impossible for farmers to plant and harvest crops. Crops don't thrive without water, and the lack of water supply due to droughts dry grains, vegetables, and root crops.
Moreover, typhoons and flooding soak ready-to-harvest grains and crops, throwing them to waste. Frost in colder environments impedes the growth of many vegetables. Food scarcity will affect those in the Singapore poverty line.
2. Pests and diseases
Pests and diseases are also a threat to agriculture and eventually food security. For example, during the spread of the African Swine Fever, many hog raisers cull thousands of pigs to mitigate the spread of the disease.
Pests, such as rodents, weevils, and aphids, feed on agricultural crops. Many farmers lose a huge portion of their harvest from these pests.
3. Water supply
As mentioned, droughts, where dams and rivers reach their lowest volume point, make it impossible to irrigate all farmlands. Moreover, the lack of rainfall also affects the water supply. Irrigation becomes more expensive; hence, food production becomes more expensive as well. It will increase the price of food in the market, and people in the Singapore poverty line will be affected first.
4. Conversion of farmlands
Because of poverty and hopes of education, many farmers sell their farmlands for commercial and residential use for money. After all, sustaining farmland that produces minimal harvest is expensive.
However, the lack of farmlands affects food production, therefore, tipping the food supply stability in the market.
Besides educational inequality, food security remains one of the greatest challenges the world faces today. Learning how to eliminate these threats maintains food security.
Help the vulnerable groups in the community through The Best Of You. Visit The Best Of You Today.
Resource: https://sites.google.com/view/thebestofyou/infographics
These days a lot of people are starting to use Telegram as their main messaging app, Telegram has a lot of features that beats Whatsapp hands down.
Telegram already has over 200 million active users, that’s 40 times the population of Singapore!
Moreover, groups that can contain up to 100K members interacting and chatting, like a IRC but way better with BOT features and Stickers.
With so many Announcement channels, one can subscribe to different content providers instead of signing up for various apps.
In real time, you can stand to receive content from trendy topics and deals!
Here are Useful Telegram Groups and Channels we think Every Singaporean Should Join!
