S1E8: How climate change affects our food supply: Green Pulse Ep 8

Green Pulse Ep 8: How climate change affects our food supply


13 mins


Synopsis: In this new podcast series for 2019, The Straits Times
dives into all things green, blue and brown. Green Pulse analyses
the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity
conservation to climate change. 


This episode educates more on the link between food and climate
change, and how small actions, from wasting less food or eating
more vegetables instead of meat, can help.


This month, ST’s environment correspondent Audrey Tan and
assistant foreign editor David Fogarty chats with Professor
William Chen, the Michael Fam Chair Professor and Director of NTU
Food Science & Technology Programme, on the link between
climate change and Singapore’s food supply. 


As a small island-state, Singapore does not have the space to
accommodate acres of farmland. It imports more than 90 per cent
of its food. In 2018, 53% of Singapore’s food supply was imported
from Asean nations, according to the Singapore Food Agency.


In August, a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change highlighted how climate change and poor land management
practices threaten the world's farmlands and food security.


Global warming, for example, could affect the types of crops
grown in the tropics, making food security an issue of concern
for Singapore. 


Produced by: Audrey Tan (audreyt@sph.com.sg), David
Fogarty (dfogarty@sph.com.sg) & Ernest Luis


Edited by: Adam Azlee


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