The change, he said, will require policy support, particularly financing help for farmers. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Hunger is a global problem, but it can be tackled by scaling up the use of existing technologies to increase food supply without harming the environment, Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said on Saturday.
“We have a problem because current methods of rice production are simply not sustainable,” he said, noting that rice production is extremely water-intensive and produces a lot of harmful methane.For instance, the Vietnamese government is promoting new techniques in the Mekong Delta called “alternate wetting and drying irrigation”.
“If we do not adopt these known techniques, Asean or South-east Asia is going to become a net importer of rice before long rather than a net exporter. But it is also possible that you would not have net exporters anywhere in the world. So you then have a problem,” he said. He said that while there has been an improvement in global hunger compared with around 60 years ago, it is still at unacceptable levels.
“We cannot solve for food without solving for water. We cannot solve for water without solving for climate change. And we cannot solve for climate change without solving water. They are intertwined,” he said, adding that these issues need to be addressed as a collective challenge.Mr Tharman also highlighted the need for policy reforms in the water sector, saying that in most parts of the world, pricing strategies and subsidy strategies encourage inefficient use of water.
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