Aquaculture industries traditionally use labours and experience to operate the farm. There is generally no acceptance in looking at technology to support their operation. This is especially for country where land are abundant and labor cost are manageable. This result in inconsistencies across farm in both their output and quality.
Secondly, the new generation of consumer is getting more demanding, looking at food security and environment concerns as their criteria for food selection. The expectation of traceability of the food and concept from farm to table are demanding the farmer to open up for technology to supplement their operation.
This is made more critical by the COVID situation over the past 30 months. COVID disrupts the global supply chain and result in disruption in the operation of industry. Aquaculture are not spared from the disruption. This becomes more critical for Singapore when we are aspiring to be 30% self-sufficient by 2030 for the food consumption in Singapore.
Aquaculture industries like any other industries need to explore how digital transformation can elevate the industries to meet the next decade needs for both consumer and the farm.
In this talk, we will look at how technology can be useful tools to drive both technical and economic efficiency for the aquaculture industries. We will look at some use cases where farm adopt technologies to drive the efficiency for their farm operation. We will also share some good practise in adopting technology for the aquaculture industries