Policy Articles

One-Stop Service for Young Farmers in Taiwan

Kun-Fong Kuo
2014.11.05
Kun-Fong Kuo Farmers’ Service Department, Council of Agriculture Executive Yuan (COA), Taipei, Taiwan E-mail: kkf@mail.coa.gov.tw   ABSTRACT This paper describes the process by which the Council of Agriculture in Taiwan selected 100 young farmers (average age of 33) in 2013...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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Building Farmers’ Assets and Investing in the Out of School Youths for Rural Development

Asterio P. Saliot
2014.11.05
Asterio P. Saliot, PhD[1]   ABSTRACT Philippine agriculture is faced with many challenges. Poverty and low productivity in the rural areas continue to persist. Even if the country is agricultural in nature, it is still regarded as a lowly profession. Majority of the farmers are poor....
Country: Philippines Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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Development of Young Agropreneur in Malaysia

Mohamad Kamal Abdul Kadir
2014.11.05
Mohamad Kamal Abdul Kadir (Dr.) Young Agropreneur Programme Promotion & Technology Development Centre MARDI Head Quarters P.O.Box 12301, 50774 Kuala Lumpur   Abstract   The Young agropreneur programme is designed specifically for young people under the age of 40. The...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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Succession Decisions in Korean Family Farms

Jeong-Im Hwang, Yoon-Ji Choi
2014.11.05
Jeong-Im Hwang and Yoon-Ji Choi1 1 National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Jeollabuk-do, Jeonju, Korea e-mail: jihwang@korea.kr, veritas96@korea.kr   ABSTRACT The number of farm households in South Korea decreased from 1,767,000 in 1990 to 1,151,...
Country: Korea Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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How to Encourage Young Generation to Engage in Farming: Korea’s Case

Ma, Sang-jin
2014.11.05
Ma, Sang-jin Korea Rural Economic Institute E-mail: msj@krei.re.kr   ABSTRACT   As the share of agriculture in Korean economy has been decreasing since the 1970s, the Korean agricultural workforce has also declined and agricultural workers in their twenties and thirties have...
Country: Korea Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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