MEDIA RELEASESFA AWARDS CLOSE TO S$40 MILLION UNDER 30X30 EXPRESS GRANT TOACCELERATE RAMP UP IN LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION

The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has awarded S$39.4 million of funding under the‘30x30 Express’ grant to nine companies, as part of efforts to support the growth of local agrifood enterprises and accelerate the ramp up in local food production over the next six to 24months.

2The open grant call was launched on 17 April 2020 and closed on 29 May 2020. Morethan 40 proposals were received by SFA, and the proposals were assessed based on thefollowing:a) Certainty and speed of implementation;b) Level of production and productivity;c) Project feasibility and economic viability; andd) Track record, capability and capacity to execute the project.

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Of the nine awarded companies, seven have accepted the offer. The list of companies

can be found in Annex. These companies’ proposals incorporated highly productive farming
systems that can be constructed and implemented quickly to achieve high production levels.
The proposals also demonstrated good potential to successfully implement the projects basedon the company’s track record, farming experience and project team. To support theseproposals, SFA increased the original S$30 million budget to close to S$40 million.

4The grant will accelerate our efforts to meet our ‘30 by 30’ goal, which is to meet 30

per cent of our nutritional needs with food produced locally by 2030. SFA had set this goal lastyear to adapt to Singapore’s long-term challenges, such as climate change and disruptions in
supply chains and resources. The current COVID-19 situation has also further underscoredthe importance of local food production, as part of Singapore’s strategies to ensure foodsecurity.

5Ms Grace Fu, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, said: “While we continue

to plan to tackle our long-term challenges, we also need to respond swiftly to the immediate
global food supply challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The ‘30x30 Express’ grant1call was announced by SFA in April this year and awarded within months. Our aim is to ramp
up local food production in the next six to 24 months. Supporting our agri-food industry andaugmenting their production capabilities remains a key strategy in strengthening Singapore’s
food supply resilience.”

6The awarded companies will be able to tap on the grant to defray upfront costs toaccelerate their farms’ expansion in production capacity. Farms are also able to tap on SFA’s
existing Agriculture Productivity Fund (APF), which aims to support farms to modernise andharness innovative, sustainable technologies and advanced farming systems as well as cofund test-bedding of technologies. Enterprise Singapore has also set aside over S$55 million
to help local agriculture and aquaculture companies build new capabilities and innovate togrow more with less.

7“There is urgency for us to accelerate local production to reduce our reliance on

imports and provide a buffer during supply disruptions, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The
funding from the ‘30x30 Express’ grant will give the awarded companies an added boost to
ramp up their food production capacity. We will continue to work with the agri-food industry
and support them to grow more and grow faster to enhance our food security. At the sametime, we urge consumers to support our local farms and buy local produce, which can beidentified easily by our new SG Fresh Produce logo,” said Mr Lim Kok Thai, Chief Executive
Officer of SFA.

Issued by the Singapore Food Agency
On 9 September 20202

ANNEX – List of Companies**Details on the other two companies will be shared when they have accepted the offera)

ComCrop

The vegetable farm will expand its current site at Woodlands to build additional greenhouses
that will leverage its controlled environment agriculture (CEA) system to ramp up productionof leafy vegetables. The new Hybrid Rooftop Greenhouses will be equipped with robotic
growing systems to optimise space efficiency and reduce manpower, as well as a solar
system to reduce the farm’s energy consumption. The farm will also incorporate anautomated movable gutter system, supplemental LED lighting and remote plant monitoring
for real time plant growth management.
b) Chew’s Agriculture
The egg farm will construct three additional layer houses, one additional pullet house andone additional cage-free layer house to ramp up its production of hen shell eggs. Thehouses will be equipped with an integrated climate control system along with egg andmanure collection systems that will enable the farm to minimise egg breakage and maximise
egg production.

c)

Green Harvest Pte Ltd

Green Harvest will be building a self-regulating microclimate greenhouse to optimise growth
conditions and an automated mobile gulley system that leverages technology andautomation. The project will be customised to maximise space usage and incorporates achain process from transplanting to harvesting.

d) I.F.F.I Pte Ltd
I.F.F.I will set up a mega high-tech indoor vegetable farm with a vertical integration growthsystem of up to 8 meters in height that employs both soil-based and hydroponics cultivation
methods in a fully controlled and pesticide-free environment. The farm will leverage AI
farming systems integrated with IoT monitoring, dosing irrigation and an advanced
environmental control system to achieve optimum growing conditions all year round. It will
also employ an innovative ActivH2O water treatment system that reduces bacteria count,improves its yield rate, and extends the shelf life of its produce.

e)

LivFresh Pte Ltd

LivFresh will deploy productive farming systems such as a modified Mobile Moving Gully(MGS) growing system that has been adapted for high density cultivation of leafy greens,3and enables automated crop spacing and retrieval. The vegetable farm will utilise a hightech, sensor-driven growing house designed for creating an optimal environment for crops .

f)

Genesis One Tech Farm Pte Ltd

The new indoor leafy green farm will incorporate racking systems of around 6.5 metres inheight. The farm will also adopt a hybrid Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) system that uses
only a fraction of the water generally associated with hydroponic systems and canaccommodate both substrate and NFT planting methods. This will be coupled with a highly
energy-efficient 5G lighting system and a “Smart-Agro” network-enabled independent control
system which allows efficient monitoring and control of key environmental parameters.
Overall, this will enable optimal growth of leafy greens all year round in a climate-resilient,safe and pesticide-free environment.

g) VertiVegies Pte Ltd
VertiVegies will construct an indoor vertical farming facility with a fully controlled environment
using the latest advances in hydroponics and LED lighting. The modular farm will be
optimised for the production of Asian leafy vegetables, and will be producing healthy greens
all year round without any dependence on external climate conditions.

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