Taiwan's Agricultural Development Policy

Kassian T.T. Amesho, Yuan-Chung Lin
INTRODUCTION In Taiwan, the Council of Agriculture (COA) was established in 1984 as the competent authority under the Executive Yuan that is in charge of the agricultural, forestry, fishery, livestock and food policies on the island (COA, 2012). Presently, there are 14 departments or units...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Overview
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Myanmar’s Rice Industry and Policies toward Value Addition and Export

Theingi Myint
ABSTRACT Myanmar has the potential to increase its rice production, quality and exports. The rice industry remains the most important contributor to GDP, income and employment generation. Rice is grown in 34% of the the country’s total cultivated area in 2016. The labor engagement rate of...
Country: Myanmar Topic: Import regulation and quarantine
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Learning Alliance: Opportunities to Align Stakeholders for Technology Adoption and Supportive Market Conditions

Reianne Quilloy
ABSTRACT Producing high quality rice and obtaining price premium for smallholder producers have been a challenge for Asian rice farmers due to poor postharvest management, inappropriate technology, and unsupportive market conditions. This is an exploratory study of whether a multi-stakeholder...
Country: Philippines Topic: Agricultural science policies
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Rice Breeding and Mechanization for Value Addition in Laos PDR

Phetmanyseng Xangsayasane
ABSTRACT In rainfed lowland rice ecosystem, farmers adapt to climate change by changing planting pattern from traditional hand transplanting to dry direct seeding in order to avoid early drought. Therefore, breeding for new aromatic photoperiod sensitive variety which is flowering in early October...
Country: Lao PDR Topic: Agricultural science policies
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Promoting Rice Value Addition through Inclusive Business Model

Juthatip Patrawart
ABSTRACT More than half of farm households in Thailand are in the rice sector. Majority of them are smallholders, and they are struggling with higher costs and lower yield rate, as well as rising competition in the global market. These reflect the need to move up the rice value chain based on...
Country: Thailand Topic: Agribusiness
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