Policy Articles

Rice Procurement Policy

Hwang-Jaw Lee
2013.12.31
Hwang-Jaw Lee Board Director, Taiwan Flowers Development Association   In Taiwan, the government has had a program for purchasing rice at guaranteed prices since 1974. However, Taiwan’s rice procurement policy underwent adjustments over the years. The unlimited rice procurements in...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agriculture
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Rural Rejuvenation

Hwang-Jaw Lee
2013.12.31
Hwang-Jaw Lee, PhD Board Director, Taiwan Flowers Development Association   The Rural Rejuvenation Act was promulgated on August 4, 2010. The Act is enacted to facilitate the rural sustainability, its revitalization and rejuvenation, to improve production infrastructure, to conserve...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Rural development
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Kimchi Culture Festival in 2013

Jeong-bin Im
2013.12.31
Dr. Jeongbin Im Professor Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development College of Agricultural and Life Science Seoul National University Seoul, Korea E-mail: jeongbin@snu.ac.kr   The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA), in association...
Country: Korea Topic: Agricultural marketing policy
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“ Small Landlords and Large Tenants ” Program

Hwang-Jaw Lee
2013.12.31
Hwang-Jaw Lee, PhD Board Director, Taiwan Flowers Development Association   To prompt the transactions and boost the utilization of farm land, as well as to encourage the long-term leasing of farm land by old peasants or farmers not keen on farming, the Council of Agriculture has been...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural land policies
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Ban on Slaughter of Live Poultry in Traditional Wet Markets

Hwang-Jaw Lee
2013.12.31
Hwang-Jaw Lee Board Director, Taiwan Flowers Development Association   It is estimated that a total of 20,000 chickens are killed in traditional markets in Taiwan each day, a relatively small number compared to the number of birds butchered in the 79 licensed poultry slaughterhouses...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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