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Agriculture in Singapore is a small industry, composing about 0.5% of the total GDP, within the city-state of Singapore. Singapore's reliance on imports for about 90% of its food underscores the paramount importance of food security. To address this, Singapore has set a goal to produce 30% of its nutritional needs locally by 2030. [1]
Poultry farming is the form of animal husbandry which raises domesticated birds such as chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese to produce meat or eggs for food. Poultry – mostly chickens – are farmed in great numbers.
There were 2786 regulated chicken producers, generating farm cash receipts of $1.6 billion in 2005. Compared to other livestock sectors (i.e. beef, dairy, and pork), the poultry and egg industry was the healthiest with regards to total income for the average operator. [1] In 2005, total chicken slaughters were 973.9 million kilograms.
The move had a knock-on impact in Singapore with restaurants and street stalls hiking prices of its de-facto national dish, chicken rice. Indonesia looks to plug shortage of chicken supplies in ...
On 21 July 2022, a second Indonesian company began supplying chickens to Singapore. [14] On 21 July 2022, Indonesia announced that they will be willing to set up a large chicken farm in Batam, a city in the Riau Islands, specifically for exports to Singapore. These chickens would be fresh as well, as Batam and Singapore are geographically close.
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The export of poultry meat from Indonesia to Singapore increased significantly after the Malaysian chicken export ban. A deal was agreed when on 30 June 2022, Singapore approved Indonesia as the country's new source of frozen and chilled chicken. [6] On 21 July 2022, a second Indonesian company began supplying chickens to Singapore. [7]
Bollywood Farms Pte Ltd (formerly known as Bollywood Veggies Organic Farm) is a farming collective and organic growing education center located in the Lim Chu Kang district of North West Singapore. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]