Why is Singapore ending leases for over 70 farms in Lim Chu Kang?

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Singapore is ending the Lim Chu Kang farm leases to free up land for military training and to shift scarce space toward higher-value uses.

The leases for more than 70 farms in northern Singapore are being terminated after final extensions of seven to 14 months. Once those extensions end, the land will be taken over by the military as an army training ground, while the government’s broader case is that Singapore’s very limited land should be used more efficiently.
The farms have already received their last lease extensions.

The facilities were granted final extensions ranging from seven to 14 months. After that period, the leases will end and the sites will no longer continue as farm land.
The land will be reassigned to the military.

The area in Lim Chu Kang will be used as an army training ground. The shift reflects the fact that the military already controls a significant share of Singapore’s limited land area.
The government says traditional open farming is not productive enough.

The stated view is that open farm-style agriculture is not viable in a country that is both land-scarce and wealthy. In that framing, land is better allocated to industries and defence, which are described as generating money and security.
Singapore is also pushing hi-tech farming on a small footprint.

The preferred model is intensive production using indoor hydroponics, advanced lighting and robotics. That approach is meant to produce the most food from a small area, while agriculture in Singapore already takes up less than 1 per cent of land, or under 10 square kilometres.

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