The Agri-food Cluster Transformation (ACT) Fund supports the transformation of the agri-food sector into one that is highly productive, climate-resilient and resource-efficient. The ACT Fund comprises three co-funding components for local farms to build and expand their production capacities and capabilities:
- Capability Upgrading
- Innovation and Test-bedding
- Technology Upscaling
The ACT Fund is available for applications until 31 December 2025.
Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG) for Capability Upgrading (CU)
The Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG) for Capability Upgrading supports the purchase of farming equipment and systems from SFA’s pre-qualified list (link), and the conduct of small-scale pilot trials to raise farm productivity, resource-efficiency and reduce pollution and waste.
Farmers can also tap on PSG for expenses related to the Clean & Green (C&G) Standard adoption and GAP certification.
Farmers can also tap on PSG for expenses related to the energy efficiency audit to establish their baseline energy consumption and identify potential areas for improvements to enhance energy efficiency.
Below are some NEA-accredited energy services companies (ESCOs) that farmers can reach out to (non-exhaustive and in alphabetical order):
- CBM Solutions Pte Ltd
- Comfort Management Pte Ltd
- C&W Services (S) Pte Ltd
- Data-Talk Energy Consultants Pte Ltd
- EES Consultants Pte Ltd
- ENGIE South East Asia
- Siemens Pte Ltd
- 6-Sigma Automation Pte Ltd
The contact details and full list of accredited ESCOs can be found here.
Interested applicants may refer to the forms below to apply any time before 31 Dec 2025.
Innovation & Test-bedding (I&T)
Co-funding for I&T is split into two components:
Innovation (IN) component
The IN component supports farms to prototype or develop innovative farming technology/systems that directly improve their productivity, sustainability, and circularity of resource use, within an implementation window of up to two years.
Applications are accepted twice yearly, from 2021 to 2025. The first-round closes on 31 Mar and the second-round closes on 30 Sep.
Interested applicants may refer to the forms below to apply.
Test-bedding (TB) component
The TB component helps farms to develop, test and demonstrate feasibility of new farming technologies/systems that are customised and optimised to Singapore’s context & environmental conditions or for the farm’s own needs to increase productivity in a resource-efficient manner with minimal pollution and waste.
For TB projects, there are no fixed evaluation periods. Interested applicants may refer to the forms below to apply any time before 31 Dec 2025.
Cash Advancement
To help our farms defray upfront costs of technology upscaling, all ACT Fund projects under the ‘Innovation & Test-bedding’ component may be eligible for up to 30% cash advancement. You may refer to the guideline below for more information.
Technology Upscaling (TU)
The TU component supports the purchase of large commercial-scale, automated and advanced farming technology solutions that will be integrated with agri-input production, post-harvest and waste treatment technologies.
Farms that are setting up new farm sites or retrofitting indoor spaces within ready industrial spaces for farming can also tap on this for a one-off support to defray infrastructure and building costs that will be incurred to install farming system(s) funded under this TU component.
The application period is from 30 April to 31 Dec 2025. Interested applicants may refer to the forms below to apply any time before 31 Dec 2025.
Cash Advancement
To help our farms defray upfront costs of technology upscaling, all ACT Fund projects under TU component may be eligible for up to 30% cash advancement. You may refer to the guideline below for more information.