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Agriculture in Singapore is a small industry, composing about 0.5% of the total GDP, within the city-state of Singapore. Singapore's reliance on imports for about 90% of its food underscores the paramount importance of food security. To address this, Singapore has set a goal to produce 30% of its nutritional needs locally by 2030. [1]
The Singapore's National Research Foundation (NRF) announced on January 10, 2018 that it would develop synthetic medicinal cannabinoids, or chemical compounds found in the marijuana plant, to eventually help treat diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Part of a broader S$25 million ($19 million) investment by the body into synthetic ...
The Green Revolution helped feed a surging global population, but at the cost of impoverishing crop diversity. Now, with climate change increasingly threatening food supplies, the need for greater ...
Sagittaria latifolia is a plant found in shallow wetlands and is sometimes known as broadleaf arrowhead, [5] duck-potato, [6] Indian potato, or wapato. This plant produces edible tubers that have traditionally been extensively used by Native Americans .
After the long winter, one of my favorite edible native plants emerges. Ramps or wild leek ( Allium tricoccum ) is an onion that produces tasty edible leaves in spring, followed by small white ...
This article lists plants commonly found in the wild, which are edible to humans and thus forageable. Some are only edible in part, while the entirety of others are edible. Some plants (or select parts) require cooking to make them safe for consumption.
Edible plants include: List of culinary fruits; List of culinary herbs and spices; List of culinary nuts; List of edible cacti; List of edible flowers; List of edible seeds; List of forageable plants (edible plants commonly found in the wild) List of leaf vegetables; List of root vegetables; List of vegetables
It cost an estimated 138 million Singapore dollars ($100 million) to build Oasia Hotel Downtown, which is now covered in 21 species of creeper plants.