Food Sustainability
Temasek Polytechnic houses the Centre for Research & Opportunities in Plant Science (CROPS) and the Centre for Aquaculture & Veterinary Science (CAVS), which are Centres of Excellence, as well as the Aquaculture Innovation Centre (AIC) and Future Foods Domain. Together, the three centres and Future Foods Domain deploy science and technology to strengthen our food supply resilience and contribute to food security and safety. Being industry-centric in approach, our advanced facilities are well-equipped to provide consultancy services, research and training programmes in agriculture technology, aquaculture and future foods.
Agriculture Technology
We conduct leading research targeted at enhancing food security through increased farm productivity and sustainability of cropping systems. With our integrated research capabilities, we are able to synergise and meet challenges in plant science at national and international level.
Aquaculture Technology
We adopt a collaborative and integrated systems approach in providing innovative solutions to meet the needs of farms and enterprises. Our core competencies lie in aquaculture nutrition and feeds, health and disease management, breeding and seedstock development, smart and integrated intensive culture systems and practices as well as wastewater and energy resource management for sustainable and productive aquaculture.
Future Foods
We provide innovative solutions to challenges in enhancing the nutritional quality, safety, and sustainability of food production. Our research areas include alternative proteins and synthetic biology.
What we can offer
Agriculture Technology
- Optimization of plant growth cycle of leafy greens
- Formulation of cosmetics, nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals
- Plant growth and development
- Non-genetically modified organisms (GMO) Plant Breeding
- Plant health
- Post-harvest technologies
- Formulation research and development
- Quality assurance and regulatory
Aquaculture Technology
- Nutrition, feed development, feed performance testing and field trials
- Alternative fish protein and oil for sustainable feed development
- Animal health management, disease diagnosis, treatment prevention
- Rapid on-site diagnostic kit and vaccine development
- Integrated aquaculture systems for sustainable production
- Wastewater and waste treatment
- Smart/precision aquaculture
- Genetics breeding, broodstock development and seedstock production
Future Foods
- Cell culture technology using electromagnetic fields, bioreactors, and optimization of plant and biosynthesized stem cell media to support the cultivated meat industry partners.
- Synthetic biology technology for production of food macro and micro-nutrients, bioactive peptides and phytochemicals that are useful for creation of functional foods and enhancement of nutritional profiles of intensively farmed leafy greens and cultivated food.
- Exploration of culinary methods to enhance the taste profile of cultivated food.
- Transformation and integration of biotechnology, food and culinary education modules to provide learners holistic understanding across disciplines relating to Future Foods.
- Advisory and consultation on cellular bioprocessing technologies, culinary applications, synthetic biology and alternative protein nutrition in research and commercial industry.
Aquaculture Technology
- Nutrition, feed development, feed performance testing and farm feeding trials
- Alternative fish protein and oil for sustainable feed development
- Animal health , diagnosis and disease prevention
- Rapid on-site diagnostic kit and vaccine development
- Integrated aquaculture systems for sustainable production
- Waste water and waste treatment
- Smart/precision aquaculture
- Genetics breeding, broodstock development & seedstock production
Applied Nutrition
- In vivo and in vitro GI research and testing
- Applied nutrition research & consultancy, including community nutrition, sports nutrition, geriatric nutrition, nutrition intervention studies & surveys
- Food Product Development & Technology Translation, including carbohydrate research, ingredient applications for food additives, development of low GI, functional and healthier food products for health and well-being, sensory evaluation, quality assessment & shelf life studies
- Advisory on food labelling and claims
- Culinary Applications, including recipe development, test bedding & food styling
Explore our technology offers for licensing opportunities here.
