By: Ken Chew TAN, Business Consulting Director (Consumer Packaged Goods & Retail), Dassault Systèmes Singapore, an island nation scarce in natural resources, imports more than 90 percent of its nutritional requirements from diversified sources comprising over 170 countries and regions to ensure a resilient food supply chain. The impact of lockdowns arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, further exacerbated by geo-political issues and coupled with the inflationary … [Read more...] about The Role of Digitalization in Futureproofing Singapore’s Food Supply Chain
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ASSIST and Cargill partner together to bolster food security in the Philippines by capacitating smallholder corn farmers
Agri-Sagana project launch to provide farmer training, improved market access and facilities in Cagayan and Isabela TUGUEGARAO CITY, PHILIPPINES, 29 November 2022 – Global crises like the COVID-19 pandemic have disrupted and paralyzed many farming communities, leaving smallholder farmers and agricultural cooperatives struggling to face the steepest challenges to recovery and setting off a snowball effect on the nation’s economic productivity. In an effort to further support the … [Read more...] about ASSIST and Cargill partner together to bolster food security in the Philippines by capacitating smallholder corn farmers
Fixing the fragile food system through technology
The food production capacities across the globe continue to be challenged with supply chains under severe stress, changing travel restrictions and the uncertainty that the pandemic has brought. The past couple of years served as a wake-up call for many countries like Singapore, revealing just how weak its food security system is. And with Asia’s population continuing to grow, increase, a weak system won’t be able to sufficiently feed the succeeding generation. Focusing on … [Read more...] about Fixing the fragile food system through technology
