Pesticide Use in Agricultural Production in Thailand

Nguyen Thi Phuong
​​​​​​Introduction The use of agricultural pesticides has strongly increased in Southeast Asia as well as in most other developing and developed countries (Schreinemachers, 2012). In Southeast Asia this trend has been driven by land use intensification related to the expansion of higher value crop...
Country: Thailand Topic: Agriculture
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Five African Volunteers Give Appreciation to Taiwan’s LOVE Rice Aid Across Borders

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
Source: Council of Agriculture The United Nations (UN) and the international societies continue to save the poor and the hungry, and Taiwan has been an active participant in this endeavor. The Council of Agriculture (COA) Executive Yuan said that Taiwan started to donate the public grains since...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Others
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Young-farmer Public-sponsored Course at Mingdao University Opens for 30 Enrollments

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
Source: Council of Agriculture (COA) Mingdao University located at Changwha County will launch a Young-farmer Public-sponsored Course next year in order to educate more young generations dedicated to the agricultural sector. The Council of Agriculture (COA) sponsors 30 students free college...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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Price Stabilization Policy on Staple Food in Indonesia

Tahlim Sudaryanto
INTRODUCTION Food price stability is one of major elements on food security policy.  From the consumer side high food price provides undesirable impact to consumer access to sufficient and quality diet. Accelerated food prices also increase the number of households who are below the poverty...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Agriculture
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Hundred Young Farmers Program by the Council of Agriculture

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
Source: Council of Agriculture (COA) In 2013, the Council of Agriculture (COA) started a program to select potential young farmers around Taiwan. The program aims to help young farmers for at least two years and resolve problems in land, capital and skill by an integrative industry-academia-...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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