
As part of the Asia-Ready Webinar Series, ABYA and the National Youth Council co-hosted the webinar, A Future in ASEAN | Food Sustainability & Innovations, on 13 November 2021. More than 100 attendees tuned in to catch the perspectives shared by the Webinar’s three esteemed panelists: Benedict Tan from HATCH Blue, Ramesh Krish Kumar from Asmara, and Yien Li Yap who is a food sustainability specialist and currently a graduate student at the National University of Singapore.
The session kick-started with each sharing about their involvement in different areas of the food system such as aquaculture, research and development, and waste reduction. Benedict also delivered an overview of the global billion-dollar aquaculture sector, while Ramesh and Yien Li gave a snapshot of their prior experiences and motivations in the food industry.