Background

Food security is becoming an increasingly important global issue. Anthropogenic factors such as rapid urbanization and industrialization have strained finite resources like land and water. Therefore, against the impending threat of food security, the world can no longer rely on traditional methods to meet its needs. Instead, more creative and technologically advanced methods must be adopted to maximise diminishing natural resources. Singapore is a good case study of a small city-state that is trying to increase its own self-production of food using technology.

Scope and approach

This review highlights the technologies that Singapore have adopted in enhancing food security given its limitation in natural resources. These methodologies serve as a case study that can be used as a reference point in light of the increasingly finite natural resources. The review also presents the advantages of these techniques as well as challenges that need to be overcome for them to be more widely adopted.

Key findings and conclusion

To increase self-production of food and enhance its food security, Singapore has employed the use of technologies such as vertical farming and aquaponics in urban farming, nutrient recovery from food waste, biodegradable food packaging from durian rinds, natural preservatives, insect farming, microalgae and cultivated meat as alternative protein sources. These technologies workaround Singapore's land and natural resource constraints, which many countries around the world can adapt. However, many of them are still relatively nascent with numerous challenges, which have to be addressed before they can be widely accepted and implemented.

中文翻译：

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新加坡食品安全的技术创新：自然资源日益稀缺的世界未来食品系统的案例研究。

背景

粮食安全正成为一个日益重要的全球性问题。快速城市化和工业化等人为因素使土地和水等有限资源变得紧张。因此，面对迫在眉睫的粮食安全威胁，世界不能再依靠传统方法来满足其需求。相反，必须采用更具创造性和技术先进的方法来最大限度地利用日益减少的自然资源。新加坡是一个很好的案例研究，它是一个小城市国家，它正试图利用技术增加自己的食品自产。

范围和方法

这篇评论重点介绍了新加坡在自然资源有限的情况下为加强粮食安全而采用的技术。这些方法作为一个案例研究，可以在自然资源日益有限的情况下用作参考点。该评论还介绍了这些技术的优势以及要使它们得到更广泛采用需要克服的挑战。

主要发现和结论

为增加粮食自产并加强粮食安全，新加坡采用了垂直农业和城市农业中的鱼菜共生、从食物垃圾中回收营养、榴莲皮可生物降解食品包装、天然防腐剂、昆虫养殖、微藻等技术和培养肉作为替代蛋白质来源。这些技术解决了新加坡的土地和自然资源限制，世界上许多国家都可以适应。然而，其中许多仍处于起步阶段，面临着许多挑战，在被广泛接受和实施之前必须解决这些问题。