DRRC

What is food security?

• All people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their food preferences and dietary needs for an active and healthy life.

• A country being able to produce enough food to feed its population without the need to import food.

• A country having the resources needed to produce enough food to feed its population without the need to import food.

• The ability to protect a country's agricultural production from droughts.

Is Singapore food secure?

• Yes

• No

Which of the following ways is the government ensuring food security in Singapore?

• Providing technical advice to other countries to help them maintain a disease-free zone within the Food Zone.

• Providing trained manpower in other countries to help maximise productivity.

• Donating money to other countries to help them maintain a disease-free zone within the Food Zone.

• Providing pesticides to other countries to help them maintain a disease-free zone within the Food Zone.

Which of the following ways is the government ensuring food security in Singapore?

• Securing food at source, such as through contract farming.

• Encourage the non contractual import of food for maximal cost effectiveness.

• Diversifying sources of food imports.

• Importing food from only the cheapest sources so as to reduce costs.

Which of the following ways is the government ensuring food security in Singapore?

• Making it mandatory for rice importers to hold a two-month stockpile in government warehouses.

• Aim to have 25% of nuritional needs produced locally by 2030.

• Supporting strategies that reduce food waste.

• Recycling food waste as compost.

Which of the following ways is the government ensuring food security in Singapore?

• Drastically increasing land area allocated for agricultural activities.

• Reducing government subsidies for local farms to ensure economic sustainability.

• Increasing funding for local farms.

• Support farmers with technical know-how and capability in agricultural R&D

With all these measures, is it possible to have a food shortage in Singapore?

• Yes

• No

What is currently one of the most common causes of food shortage?

• Droughts.

• Overall global food production is not able to keep up with global food consumption.

• Presence of large areas of land not used for agricultural purposes.

• Subsistence agriculture.

What information do we need to prepare for food shortages?

• Identify risks that can undermine food security.

• Know how much food your family needs per day.

• Know how to stockpile food and water.

• Know what food to stockpile.

What are some potential risks that can cause food shortages specific to Singapore?

• Disruptions to global food supply chains.

• Extreme weather conditions in Singapore.

• Extended severe drought affecting many food-producing countries in the region.

• Other countries banning the export of food.