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Paul Teng

PROF PAUL TENG is Dean and Managing Director of the National Institute of Education International (NIEI), the education consultancy and outreach arm of the National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore. Prior to this, Prof Teng served as NIE’s Principal Officer and Dean of the Office of Graduate Studies & Professional Learning. Prof Teng has held leadership positions at renowned international organisations, including the World Fish Centre and the International Rice Research Institute. He is also a Senior Fellow at the South-East Asian Centre for Graduate Studies and Senior Adviser to several startup enterprises in agtech and urban farming. His pioneering work on using system analysis and computer modelling techniques is still having impact in the USA and rice-growing countries in Asia today.

Food as a Wicked Problem

Food is an existential need equal to air and water for humans. The United Nations, governments and households struggle to ensure there is enough to avoid social tensions and impacts on health. The Food and…

Food Matters

“As noted earlier, with fewer farmers in agriculture, labour productivity becomes an important issue that currently seems to be only solvable through deployment of technology, which saves labour and concurrently increases crop yields with less…

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Leaders and changemakers of today face unique and complex challenges. The HEAD Foundation Digest features insights and opinions from those in the know addressing a wide range of pertinent issues that factor in a society’s development. 

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