Singapore University of Social Sciences

Singapore, a small city-state with limited resources, has ranked world number 1 in the Global Food Security index. Complementing Singapore’s Food Security Roadmap, the Singapore Food Authority unveiled an ambitious ‘30 by 30’ target – increase local food production to meet 30% of nutritional needs by 2030. At the same time, more is being understood about the extent, severity, causes and consequences of food insecurity in Singapore. Through service-learning with community members and organisations in an actual community-based context, students will have an opportunity to explore the complex history, present and future of food security and sustainability in Singapore, grounded in the real-time realities that communities encounter in a highly dense urban city navigating the balance of competing resource demands. By working alongside the people and organisations that have dedicated themselves to making food security and sustainability a reality contextualised to local communities, students will gain insight from the lived realities of individuals and collectives in their efforts to undertake community-based approaches to achieve food security and sustainability.