Taiwan

Brown is the New Green: A Demo Base for Bio-Circular Economy by Advanced Biogas Production System in Taiwan

Chen-Yeon Chu, Tsung-Hsien Chen
ABSTRACT Taiwan has more than 7,400 hog farms and 5.5 million pigs. The annual output value is about US$2.3 billion, accounting for 43% of the livestock industry. It is one of the most important agricultural economic sectors in Taiwan. However, due to the large number of herds, a large amount of...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural circular economy
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Dilemma and Strategy of Thermochemical Biomass Power Generation Development in Taiwan

Keng-Tung Wu
INTRODUCTION Biomass energy (biofuels and waste) is currently the largest renewable energy source and the fourth largest primary energy supply in the world (International Energy Agency, 2019b). Defined by the Renewable Energy Development Act (Executive Yuan, 2019) in Taiwan, biomass energy (or...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural green economy & renewable energy
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Crop Improvement and Practices for Eco-Friendly Environments – The Examples in Taiwan

Jou-Yi Lee, Yong-Pei Wu, Yu-Ru Chen, Yann-Rong Lin
ABSTRACT The potential risk of a crop disease can be determined by considering the three components of the “disease triangle” that may combine to cause its occurrence: pathogen, host, and environment. An outbreak of a crop disease requires the presence of a virulent pathogen in sufficient...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Eco-friendly agriculture (satoyama and satoumi)
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Study on Rice Paddy Agroecosystem in Different Cultivation Methods and Landscapes

Li Lin, Chung-Yu Hsu, Chi-Ling Chen, Mei-Ling Fan, Sung-Hsia Weng, Sih-Sheng Cai, Hung-Chang Hsu, Guan-Hua Pung
ABSTRACT The biodiversity in rice paddies is influenced by factors such as the surroundings and farming methods employed but is also related to the rice yield and production costs. In 2013, a survey was conducted in Hualien County to determine the community structure of invertebrates in rice...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Eco-friendly agriculture (satoyama and satoumi)
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Evaluating the Benefit of Practice for Satoyama Initiative by Applying Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Chi-Ling Chen, Jenn-Kuo Tsai, Szu-Yang Wu, Ru-Hong Lin, Wei-Tin Huang
ABSTRACT Labor intensive and periodical investigations are essentially required in the past for the evaluation of services and functions of ecosystem and its change, which resulted in much labor and time consumption with very limited frequencies. Currently, with rapid development of Information...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Eco-friendly agriculture (satoyama and satoumi)
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