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Taiwan Plans to Tighten Pension Eligibility for Elderly Farmers

2013.11.22

Chan-Ik Chun Agricultural Economist, FFTC On Nov. 8, the Cabinet of Taiwan government tightened rules governing eligibility for the elderly farmers’ monthly pension in a bid to prevent “pseudo-farmers” cashing in on the welfare system which costs the government NT$50 billion (US$1.7...

Country: Taiwan Topic: Farmers' welfare and retirement system

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Farmland Bank Project of Korea Rural Community Corporation (KRC)

Sung-Jae Chun

2013.11.22

Sung-Jae Chun Public-Service Advocate of Korea 1. Introduction on the Farmland Bank Project (1) Purposes The purposes of the farmland bank project are to achieve optimal size for farmland scale, efficient usage of farmlands, improvement of the agricultural structure and the stabilization of...

Country: Korea Topic: Agricultural land policies

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Providing the real transaction prices of farmland in Korea

Jeong-bin Im

2013.11.22

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) announced that...

Country: Korea Topic: Agricultural land policies

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