Support local, urge fish farmers struggling with increasing costs and a lack of demand
News Source : CNA
News Summary
- Some local fish farms have turned to technology to deal with higher costs and a lack of demand
- Costs of transport, logistics, electricity and manpower have increased, pushing up overall overheads by about 25 per cent
- Imports from neighbouring countries are typically priced about 30 per cent cheaper than local farmers’ supply
Industry players emphasised that buying from local farmers helps improve the nations food security.Singapore is not an agricultural country like many other countries, but we need to start to think [+1444 chars]
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