(Photo Centre) Mr Anish Mathew Samuel, Director of UAL Biotech Pte. Ltd.

Crisis in Food Security and Climate Change

Food security and climate change are two of the greatest challenges faced by humanity today.

According to the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (1990 to 2020) published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, food production is one of the largest emitters of nitrous oxide; a greenhouse gas (GHG) that is about 300 times more powerful than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere.

Most of these nitrous oxide emissions are the result of the use of chemical fertilisers in the agriculture sector to enhance yield of crops. However, this may accelerate the process of global warming at the same time.

The Balance Between Food Production and the Environment

UAL Bio-Innovations (UAL) offer sustainable alternate technologies in the areas of agriculture, aquaculture, and animal farming to completely replace antibiotics and hazardous chemicals that either pollute environment or emit GHGs. Current practices sometimes led people to believe antibiotics and hazardous chemicals are vital towards the production yield of various food systems and that it is a difficult choice between increasing food production and balancing environment/ climate change.

However, UAL’s mission is to ensure that organic food is safe, affordable, and accessible to the common man, while mitigating climate change challenges.