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Biochar: Its Role and Perspectives in Agriculture and Forestry Circular Economy in Taiwan

Keng-Tung Wu
Nowadays, the old linear economy model, taking, making, and disposing, has been moved to a new paradigm called the circular economy[1]. The elements include regeneration, sharing, optimization, looping, virtualization, and exchanging[2]. For an agriculture and forestry circular economy, the loop...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural circular economy
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History and Current Situation of Taiwan Plant Variety Right Management

I-Chun Pan, Pei-Jung Wen, Yen-Ming Chen
INTRODUCTION Taiwan is located in subtropical and tropical regions of Asia. The combination of its moist climate, high temperature, and rich soil with excellent production technology results in diverse agricultural and horticultural productions. However, despite the maturity of agricultural...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agribusiness
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Precision Agriculture in Taiwan: Examples and Experiences

Charng-Pei Li, Chun-Tang Lu, Chwen-Ming Yang, Dong-Hong Wu, Ming-Hsin Lai, Ming-Hwei Yao, Wu-Huan Hsu
ABSTRACT Since 1997, Taiwan has been planning for precision agriculture. In 1999, a pilot project was launched with rice as the target crop, entitled “Studies on Precision Farming System for Rice (1999-2002).” Although this four-year project cannot solve all rice production problems...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Smart agriculture
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A New Chapter in Taiwan’s Agriculture in 2019

Wan-Yu Liu
INTRODUCTION In order to expedite the promotion of the New Agriculture Innovation Program, the Council of Agriculture (COA) finalized the New Agricultural Technology Strategic Planning in January 2019 report based on the vision of integrating interdisciplinary resources, creating predictable...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Overview
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Food Safety and Traceability of Agricultural Products

Chan-Chiung Liu
ABSTRACT "Traceability/Good Agricultural Product", better known as TAP system, is the traceability system of agricultural products in Taiwan. It mandates participants to record all stages of production, processing, distribution and sales, and make it public once the product is certified...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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