Singapore Agri-Space Sales Programme

Singapore's Singapore Agri-Space Sales (SAS) Programme is the Singapore Food Agency's recurring framework for releasing land and sea space for food farming. It is a public-tender and farm-development framework, not a cash grant or a guarantee that an applicant will receive land. SFA describes agricultural land as scarce and allocates it through competitive, merit-based tenders so that proposals are assessed for their potential to optimise production (SFA, Land Tenders for Food Farming).

How proposals are assessed

SFA's published evaluation criteria are track record (20%), production capability (60%) and business sustainability (20%). The criteria cover production history, relevant farming experience and qualifications, the ability to produce food at the proposed site, and whether the business and farming concept can be sustained. For a particular tender, applicants must still read the tender documents because permitted farming types, site conditions and any additional requirements are parcel-specific (SFA, Land Tenders for Food Farming).

SAS 2026 land tender

The SAS 2026 tender launched on 29 May 2026 with two vegetable-farming parcels: LCK 218 at Neo Tiew Harvest Lane in Lim Chu Kang, measuring 17,912.0 square metres, and ST 28I at Sungei Tengah Lane, measuring 17,762.9 square metres. Both parcels were offered on 20-year leases. The tender documents set the binding terms; the summary figures here describe the launch announcement and are not a permanent inventory of available agricultural land (SFA, SAS 2026 land tender; SFA, 29 May 2026).

Revised farm-development timelines

For successful tenderers from SAS 2026 onwards, SFA announced that the Project Completion Period (PCP) would be extended from three to five years. The PCP is the period from lease commencement in which the lessee must obtain a Temporary Occupancy Permit or Certificate of Statutory Completion. SFA also extended the time to meet a farm's declared Potential Production Output (PPO) from five to eight years, giving farms more time to complete development and establish offtake channels before scaling to the declared output (SFA, 29 May 2026).

From 1 September 2026, SFA said existing and new farms may apply to diversify production among specified key food types—leafy vegetables, fruited vegetables, beansprouts, mushrooms, eggs and seafood—to meet declared PPO on a 1:1 tonnage basis, subject to SFA approval. This is operational flexibility within the food-security framework, not permission to ignore the farm's lease, licensing, food-safety or tender conditions (SFA, 29 May 2026).

What SAS does and does not establish

SAS provides access to agricultural space and a selection framework; it does not itself establish a farm's profitability, production result, licence status or eligibility for every other SFA support scheme. A tender award is also not evidence that a farm has already reached its declared PPO. For current parcels, deadlines, permitted farm types and award outcomes, use SFA's live land-tender notices rather than treating SAS 2026 details as an evergreen schedule (SFA, Land Tenders for Food Farming).