Taiwan

The Development of Food Varieties for Food Safety in Taiwan

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
Source: Council of Agriculture (COA) The Rice is the major staple food in Taiwan. Around 1.31 million metric tons of rice are produced per year, enough to sufficiently supply domestic food consumption. Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture (COA) regularly buys the public grains from rice farmers...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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Introduction of Technology on Verification of Oolong Tea’s Product Origin

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
Source: Council of Agriculture (COA) The main Taiwanese high-mountain oolong teas are made from the varieties of Taiwan No.12 (Jinxuan, or Golden Daylily) and Green-Tip Oolong. On the other hand, there are similar varieties, machines, and tea-manufacturing technology of Taiwanese oolong tea that...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Trade liberalization and countermeasures
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Pork Tracking and Timely Sourcing System Activated by Council of Agriculture

Min-Hsien Yang
Source: Council of Agriculture (COA) Because of the rising concerns on food sources and safety, consumers start to look more carefully about the meat farms, feeding environment, hygiene, and meat quality. On the other hand, the aggressive participation of regional free trade agreement, like TPP,...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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Sustainable agriculture for the future

National Farmers' Association
Submitted as a country report for the 26th East Asian Agriculture Organization Council (EAOC) Top Level Meeting on Sept. 28-30, 2016, Taipei, Taiwan (The content is posted in pdf file.  Please click pdf icon  above).
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural cooperatives and farmers' organizations
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Taiwan-Peru-New Zealand Hosts 2016 APEC Conference on Minimizing Retailer and Consumer Food Losses and Wastes

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
Source: Council of Agriculture The Taiwan-Peru-New Zealand joint hosting of the 2016 APEC Conference on Minimizing Retailer and Consumer Food Losses and Wastes on September 22 has raised a high attention among APEC member countries. The successful close of this conference will propose several...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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