Lim, who co-founded an agritech startup in Singapore, likes to joke that his crops are incredibly pampered.
"They have to have the right food and the right water, they 'listen' to music, and they even get 'massaged' with wind from a fan," he said with a laugh.
His company I.F.F.I. intends to lead the charge in precision farming, an approach in agriculture where crops are researched and monitored to receive exactly what they need for optimal growth.
"You can control everything - how hard or soft you want your vegetable to be, the nutrition level, the sweetness level and much more. This is no magic. It's all due to science and technology," he said.
Tech solutions not only help to improve yield and quality of crops, but address the perennial challenge of manpower, which is one of the largest cost factors in urban farming.
At I.F.F.I's indoor showroom in Tuas, a robotic arm performs seeding, transplanting and vision checks on areas such as seed quality, plant growth and pre-harvest plant condition.