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IN FOCUS: How climate change can threaten food production in Singapore


IN FOCUS: How climate change can threaten food production in Singapore
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IN FOCUS: How climate change can threaten food production in Singapore
Mr Chai Nian Kun runs his organic farm Fire Flies Health Farm on a three-hectare plot in Lim Chu Kang. (Photo: Cheryl Lin)
03 Feb 2021 11:55AM)
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SINGAPORE: While some cheer the cool weather when storms hit Singapore, 40-year-old farmer Chai Nian Kun says to himself: “Jialat” – an expression of concern over what is to come.
Heavy rain is not uncommon in tropical Singapore. 
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But days of continuous downpours can wreak havoc on many of his organic vegetables, which grow outdoors on a three-hectare plot in Lim Chu Kang. ....

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