An Exploration of the Current Agricultural Machinery Sharing Economy Model in Taiwan

Chin-Wei Hsu, Wei-Fan Kang, Yu-Shan Liu, Yan-An Zhuo, Ming-Ya Huang
ABSTRACT With modern technology’s progress, the sharing economy model has become a business model actively popularized by various industries. The shortage and aging of the agricultural labor force have created an opportunity to accelerate the development of agricultural machinery sharing. Units...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural technology development
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Development of Tilapia Farming in Singapore

Tai Wei Lim
ABSTRACT In the 1940s, Singapore was a major center of research and experimentation for tilapia breeding and its ponds yielded promise for meeting food requirements. Tilapia was first brought into Singapore by the Japanese community during World War II and, when the tide of World War II turned...
Country: Singapore Topic: Fisheries
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The Political Economy of Sub-Regionalism: SIJORI Agricultural Cooperation in the Riau-Singapore Leg

Tai Wei Lim
ABSTRACT The Singapore-Riau leg of SIJORI is useful as a case study for analyzing agricultural exchanges in sub-regionalism. The 2000s saw the take-off stage of SIJORI with agri-businesses taking off in some of the Riau Archipelago’s constituents and there was also diversity in the types of...
Country: Singapore Topic: Regional agricultural economy
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Futures Market for Rice in Japan

Yoshihisa Godo
ABSTRACT Japan has a unique place in the history of futures trading, as the Dojima Rice Market in Osaka, established in 1697 and authorized in 1730, is said to be the first case in the world that a futures market for any commodity was operated under the official government permission. This...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural marketing policy
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Development of Singapore’s Ornamental Fish Industry

Tai Wei Lim
ABSTRACT From the 1970 to the 1990s, Singapore's ornamental fish industry organically expanded and some fish farms like Qian Hu perfected the method of oxygenating delivery bags of fishes for overseas customers. The authorities also carried out water quality regulatory interventions, tightened...
Country: Singapore Topic: Fisheries
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