SINGAPORE – Local yields of vegetables and seafood inched up slightly in 2025, despite a falling number of farms in Singapore.
The amount of vegetables grown in Singapore – including leafy greens and mushrooms – rose slightly from 16,400 tonnes in 2024 to 16,600 tonnes in 2025.
Production of seafood grew from 3,500 tonnes in 2024 to 3,800 tonnes in 2025.
But the volume of local eggs produced in 2025 fell by about 5 per cent from the previous year, primarily owing to short-term operational issues faced by some farms, said the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) in its annual food statistics report released on May 8.
Singapore’s three egg-producing farms yielded 736.7 million eggs in 2025, a small dip from 2024’s 773.5 million, which was a six-year high.
Without providing details, SFA said the issues that some of the egg farms faced were localised and do not pose “broader systemic concerns across the sector”.
Mr Edvin Lim, director of egg farm Chew’s Agriculture, told The Straits Times that its production dropped by about 4 per cent in 2025 mainly because of the early culling of older, less productive hens as part of “efforts to improve operational productivity and cost efficiency”.
“Our priority is to ensure that Chew’s Agriculture continues to provide Singapore with a steady supply of fresh, nutritious, and safe eggs at affordable prices,” said Mr Lim.
ST understands that N&N Agriculture also faced operational issues, but the third farm, Seng Choon, was unaffected.
SFA said it continues to work closely with the egg farms to resolve their operational issues as necessary.
In late 2025, Singapore dropped its “30 by 30” farming target – to produce 30 per cent of the country’s nutritional needs by 2030 – amid a flagging local sector and declining production over the years.
One of the revised targets set is for Singapore to produce 20 per cent of the country’s consumed fibre – comprising leafy and fruited vegetables, bean sprouts and mushrooms – by 2035.
Another target is for local production of protein – comprising eggs and seafood – to meet 30 per cent of total consumption within the same timeline.
In 2025, local farms contributed about 8 per cent of fibre and 25 per cent of protein.
