The Singapore Agri-Food Innovation Lab (SAIL) is a national platform operated by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), in partnership with Enterprise Singapore, which seeds partnerships between SAIL’s corporate partners, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), startups, research institutes, and institutes of higher learning (IHLs) to drive agri-food innovations.
Singapore is home to over 70%
of the top agri-commodities trading companies in the world.
The Singapore Agri-Food Innovation Lab (SAIL) is a national platform operated by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), in partnership with Enterprise Singapore, which seeds partnerships between SAIL’s corporate partners, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), startups, research institutes, and institutes of higher learning (IHLs) to drive agri-food innovations.
Singapore’s market share in global agri-commodities trade
CLSA
Most innovative nation in the world
Global Innovation Index 2024
SAIL supports its Corporate Partners across a range of business matching and co-innovation activities – working with them to establish their Challenge Statements on agri-food innovation, identifying partnership opportunities to find solutions, and organising knowledge-sharing sessions to match demand drivers and solution providers.
We work and engage with a diverse range of agri-food ecosystem players in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region to identify and drive impactful solutions to some of the most pressing business and sustainability-related challenges faced by our Corporate Partners.
As potential solution providers for our Corporate Partners’ Challenge Statements
To build networks of agri-food tech startups as potential solution providers
To scout for cutting-edge agri-food research which could be translated into applied and commercial solutions
To leverage sustainable finance for driving sustainability across agri-food supply chains
To identify and create opportunities to scale and internationalise high-impact agri-food innovations
To influence and shape regional and global policies, frameworks, and regulations that govern agri-food innovation
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The launch of SAIL today represents the Government’s commitment to support the growth of our vibrant agri-food industry ecosystem. I am confident that this tripartite partnership among the academia, private and public sector will sharpen Singapore’s competitive edge and enhance our position as the preferred trading and agri-food innovation hub.
at the launch of SAIL, 24 November 2021