JOSE MA. LUIS MONTESCLAROS is a Research Fellow with the Centre of Non-Traditional Security Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where he is concurrently a Ph.D. Candidate in International Political Economy. He is Co-Investigator of the “Enhancing Food Supply Chain Resilience and Food Security in ASEAN with Utilization of Digital Technologies” study, in collaboration with the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). Previously, he conducted food security risk assessments for Singapore’s Inter-Ministry Committee on Food Security (IMCFS), and co-authored the World Bank’s “ASEAN Equitable Development Monitor Report 2014”. He holds a Master’s in Public Policy (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP), National University of Singapore; ASEAN Scholarship), and a BS Economics Degree (University of the Philippines), and was one of the two “Leaders of Tomorrow” representing LKYSPP, NUS at the 44th Saint Gallen Wings of Excellence Awards (Switzerland).
The “Internet of Things” in Agriculture: Pitfalls and Opportunities
In 2019, PwC, Rabobank and Temasek shared about the USD800 billion investment opportunity in Asian agriculture. While this may seem novel, this investment gap was in fact noted as early as the World Food Conference…
