Taiwan

The Spark Crashed by the Kavalan Culture and Satoyama-Satoumi Partnership in Taiwan

Jennifer Lii, Li-Yun Gong
ABSTRACT Sinshe Tribe, located in Fengbin Township on Taiwan’s east coast, is the largest gathering place of the Kavalan people in the world. The “Eight Fools Organic Farming Areas” initiated by the Sinshe Tribal Development Association, under the guidance of the Hualien District Agricultural...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Eco-friendly agriculture (satoyama and satoumi)
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Implementing the Satoyama Initiative for the Benefits of Biodiversity and Human Well-being: Taiwan’s Experience

Hwa-Ching Lin, Kuang-Chung Lee, Polina G. Karimova, Ya-Hsin Chiu
ABSTRACT The Satoyama Initiative was launched in 2010 on the occasion of the 10th meeting of CBD COP, with a goal to realize societies in harmony with nature through revitalization and support of socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS). In 2015 Taiwan Partnership for the...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Eco-friendly agriculture (satoyama and satoumi)
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Biochar: Its Role and Perspectives in Agriculture and Forestry Circular Economy in Taiwan

Keng-Tung Wu
Nowadays, the old linear economy model, taking, making, and disposing, has been moved to a new paradigm called the circular economy[1]. The elements include regeneration, sharing, optimization, looping, virtualization, and exchanging[2]. For an agriculture and forestry circular economy, the loop...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural circular economy
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History and Current Situation of Taiwan Plant Variety Right Management

I-Chun Pan, Pei-Jung Wen, Yen-Ming Chen
INTRODUCTION Taiwan is located in subtropical and tropical regions of Asia. The combination of its moist climate, high temperature, and rich soil with excellent production technology results in diverse agricultural and horticultural productions. However, despite the maturity of agricultural...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agribusiness
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Precision Agriculture in Taiwan: Examples and Experiences

Charng-Pei Li, Chun-Tang Lu, Chwen-Ming Yang, Dong-Hong Wu, Ming-Hsin Lai, Ming-Hwei Yao, Wu-Huan Hsu
ABSTRACT Since 1997, Taiwan has been planning for precision agriculture. In 1999, a pilot project was launched with rice as the target crop, entitled “Studies on Precision Farming System for Rice (1999-2002).” Although this four-year project cannot solve all rice production problems...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Smart agriculture
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