The COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be a wake-up call for Singapore on the issue of food security, say experts. “The crisis could be a timely reminder of how fragile food security can be,” said Prof William Chen, director of NTU’s Food Science and Technology programme.  “One of the ways to go forward is to have more of these supply chain connectivity agreements,” said food security expert Paul Teng. However, Prof Teng, an adjunct senior fellow at RSIS, said it was unclear how binding such agreements were.