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Republic Polytechnic

Urban Agriculture Centre of Innovation (UACOI)

Driving Research & Development (R&D) and innovation partnerships across the urban agriculture value chain.

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Last updated 27 February 2026

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Enhance crop health
Develop superior crops
Enable smart farming
Let’s grow together
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Launched in October 2022 and supported by Enterprise Singapore, the Urban Agriculture Centre of Innovation (UACOI) is here to help you drive R&D and innovation across the entire urban agriculture value chain. Whether you're a small or medium-sized enterprise, UACOI is ready to support you in building up your innovation capabilities.

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Led by Republic Polytechnic’s AGRI Centre and supported by Temasek Polytechnic’s CROPS Centre, the Centre focuses on commercialising R&D and advancing innovation in three key areas:

Enhance crop health

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  • Deploy effective pest management practices and strengthen your disease control strategies

  • Develop or co-develop sustainable crop health products tailored to your needs

Develop superior crops

Two women in lab coats examining a seedling in an indoor vertical farm.

  • Identify and select crop varieties with desirable traits like longer shelf life, higher yield, pest resistance, or better nutritional value

  • Optimise growing conditions with expert guidance on environmental settings and nutrient recipes, including for novel crops

Enable smart farming

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  • Discover scalable, affordable, and reliable automation solutions that suit your farm

  • Tap into IoT-enabled data analytics to fine-tune crop quality and yield through plant science research

  • Explore energy-efficient technologies to lower your operational costs sustainably

Let’s grow together

If you’re looking to innovate, partner with us. Tap into the expertise of the AGRI Centre and CROPS to bring your urban farming ambitions to life.