NUS Agritech Centre is an innovative sandpit for researchers, entrepreneurs and visionaries to present challenges, experiments, and explore market-based solutions in agriculture. Run by NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Centre uses state of the art tools and controls to provide an optimised infrastructure and environment for urban farming innovation and production.
The Centre’s role is focused on inspiring a new generation of high tech farmers by developing and commercialising frontier technologies for urban farming and agriculture to improve farm yield, growth efficiency and profitability.
Highlights of the NUS Agritech Centre
Dedicated support for Agritech start-ups
- Marrying art and technology, the NUS Agritech Centre offers a dedicated facility for agritech start-ups at the same time allows for translation and commercialisation of deep technology - technological advancements that are unique, protected and/or hard to reproduce.
- The NUS Agritech benefits from the complementary strengths of NUS Enterprise in catalysing innovation and entrepreneurship as well as Capitaland in providing sustainable urban solutions for communities at work and play. Located directly opposite is NUS Enterprise@Singapore Science Park, which houses the MVP Studio, offering start-ups the prototyping facilities and tools for greater synergy.
Strategic Location
- Strategically located within the Singapore Science Park, it leverages the synergies and resources within the vicinity, which includes
- A ready pool of talent, research capabilities, technologies and expertise in technology translation and commercialisation from the adjacent National University of Singapore and National University Hospital
- The global mix of corporate tenants already within Singapore Science Park as well as the surrounding area
- The thriving start-up ecosystem located on NUS Campus and at One-North
A peek into the centre
Specialised environment for optimal harvesting
Grow zones with built-in features for analytics
Precision Climate Chambers with climate control set-up
Technical Zone with germination and grow chambers and high-tech equipments
Advantages for start-ups
Optimum environment to support start-ups innovation and incubation
Remote systems allow for easy access, control and monitoring of the plants from anywhere to enable start-ups to protect their projects; which is also a plus for safety measures during Covid-19 situation
Join us at this innovative sandpit
If you are keen to read more about us, check out this article here.
For collaboration opportunities or interest to incubate at the centre, you may reach out to us at agritech@nus.edu.sg.
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You may also want to learn more about NUS Enterprise@Singapore Science Park and NUS Aquatech Centre too.