Hybrid Advanced Research Vertical-Farming Environment Systems and Technology (HARVEST)

最近的COVID-19大流行凸显了全球粮食供应链的脆弱性。在农业用地枯竭、人口增长和与气候有关的天气事件增加之际，各国迫切寻求健康的基本粮食安全和自给自足水平。因此，在全球范围内需要新的、动态的、开创性的协作解决方案。这不是一个国家的问题。在英国，新鲜农产品的自给率约为50%，但30年来一直在下降。在新加坡，90%以上的粮食供应是从170多个国家进口的，因此很容易受到粮食供应和价格波动的影响。因此，新加坡政府宣布了一系列战略政策举措，包括通过投资高科技城市农场，到2030年将自产能力提高30%等措施。该项目响应了这一迫切需求，通过垂直农业（VF）和高科技温室技术的创新结合，以农作物为基础的食品和草药——新加坡国民饮食的关键组成部分。凭借不同的专业知识和客户群，我们的合作伙伴具有独特的优势，可以提供联合一致的解决问题的方法，并开发适合新加坡市场的领先交钥匙解决方案：LIVFRESH （LF）是一家总部位于新加坡的农业公司，其使命是通过高精度控制环境（HPCE）耕作方法彻底改变新鲜的当地种植的精加工农产品。Liberty Produce （LP）是一家英国农业科技公司，通过建立领先的TCEA农业技术，使当地农产品全年增长，推动该行业走向更大的可持续性，效率和安全性。詹姆斯·赫顿研究所（JHI）是欧洲首屈一指的农业和环境研究所。新加坡共和国理工学院（RP）提供农业/园艺专业知识，为安装、测试和开发解决方案提供场地/设施。这个为期两年的项目将在RP为JHI、RP和LP安装一个集装箱农场，进行试验，并了解新加坡市场所需作物的最佳条件。该团队将研究联合系统种植如何为新加坡国内市场的作物提供最佳效率，并确定如何建立一个完全优化的联合系统。第二年将重点放在商业推广上，根据第一年确定的规范，在LF安装一个农场。RP农场设施的其他研究将涉及在TCEA内种植高价值作物，以满足新加坡国内需求的进一步方面。

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the fragility of global food supply chains. Countries urgently seek a healthy, base level of food security and self-sufficiency at a time when agricultural land is depleted, the population is growing, and climate-related weather events are increasing. As a result, new, dynamic and groundbreaking collaborative solutions are required on a global level. This is not a single-nation issue.In the UK, self-sufficiency is at around 50% for fresh produce, but has been in decline for 30 years. In Singapore, where over 90 percent of the food supply is imported from over 170 countries, the country is vulnerable to fluctuations in food supply and prices. As a result, the Singaporean government announced a series of strategic policy initiatives, including the increase of self-production by 30% by 2030 through investment in high technology urban farms, among other measures.This project responds to this urgent need, targeting crop-based foods and herbs -- key components of the Singaporean national diet -- via an innovative combination of vertical farming (VF) and high-tech greenhouse techniques.With diverse expertise and customer bases, its partners are uniquely placed to deliver a joined-up coherent approach to the problem and develop a leading-edge turnkey solution fit for the Singaporean market:LIVFRESH (LF) is a Singapore-based farming company with a mission to revolutionise access to fresh, locally grown crafted produce through high precision controlled environment (HPCE) farming methods.Liberty Produce (LP) is a UK AgriTech company driving the sector towards greater sustainability, efficiency and security by building leading-edge TCEA farming technology that enables the growth of local produce year-round.The James Hutton Institute (JHI) is Europe's premier agriculture and environment institute.Republic Polytechnic, Singapore (RP) provides agricultural/horticultural expertise with site/facilities for installing, testing and developing the solution.This two-year project will install a shipping-container-based farm at RP for JHI, RP and LP to run trials and understand optimal conditions for crops needed by the Singaporean market. The team will investigate how combined-system growing can provide optimum efficiency for crops for the domestic Singaporean market, and determine how to build a fully optimised combined system.The second year will focus on commercial rollout, with the installation of a farm at LF, based on the specifications identified during Year 1\. Additional research at the RP farm facility will concern growing high value crops within TCEA to fulfil further aspects of Singaporean domestic needs.