This press release was issued by Japfa Ltd.
- Supported by Enterprise Singapore and the Singapore Economic Development Board, Japfa’s Centre of Excellence collaborates with Singapore’s deep-tech ecosystem to gain deeper insights into the livestock industry and improve operational efficiency, ultimately strengthening regional food security.
- Japfa partners with the Singapore Institute of Technology and Nanyang Polytechnic to focus on applied AI research and talent development, and with AngelQ, a Singapore-based quantum computing start-up, to explore the use of quantum computing for production optimisation.
- Pilot projects underway in Vietnam and Indonesia show how digitalisation and AI can enhance farm efficiency, product quality and animal health.
- The collaborations were announced at SWITCH 2025, Singapore’s flagship innovation and technology event.
Japfa launches its AI and Quantum Computing Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Singapore, and signs collaboration agreements with the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) and AngelQ. Supported by Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) and the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), these initiatives apply AI and quantum computing to help Japfa gain deeper insights across its livestock operations.
Headquartered in Singapore, Japfa is one of Asia’s leading industrialised agri-food companies, producing essential proteins for millions of consumers across the region. The new CoE builds on Japfa’s ongoing digitalisation and long-term focus on improving efficiency across its vertically integrated operations - from feed to farm to food. This will ultimately contribute to advancing the livestock industry and strengthen the regional food system.
Through a dedicated digital innovation team and strong partnerships within Singapore’s vibrant innovation ecosystem, the CoE aims to gain deeper insights and address real-world operational challenges in livestock farming and food production. In doing so, the CoE builds on local talent and tests new technologies such as AI, quantum computing and data science that can enhance productivity, animal health and sustainability.
Under the collaborations signed today, Japfa and its partners will work together on three fronts:
- With SIT, to advance applied AI research that supports food processing quality inspections using computer vision;
- With NYP, to develop sensor and AI prototyping solutions, as well as digital talent through training programmes and professional development;
- With AngelQ, to explore how quantum computing can be applied to optimise operations, including benchmarking against Japfa’s current AI models.
These partnerships build on Japfa’s growing use of AI and data-driven systems across its regional operations. Pilot projects in swine operations in Vietnam and in poultry operations in Indonesia are already testing how these technologies can enhance farm operation performance - for example by leveraging AI to enable real-time monitoring of farm operations.
