Taiwan

Young-farmer Public-sponsored Course at Mingdao University Opens for 30 Enrollments

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
Source: Council of Agriculture (COA) Mingdao University located at Changwha County will launch a Young-farmer Public-sponsored Course next year in order to educate more young generations dedicated to the agricultural sector. The Council of Agriculture (COA) sponsors 30 students free college...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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Hundred Young Farmers Program by the Council of Agriculture

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
Source: Council of Agriculture (COA) In 2013, the Council of Agriculture (COA) started a program to select potential young farmers around Taiwan. The program aims to help young farmers for at least two years and resolve problems in land, capital and skill by an integrative industry-academia-...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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Agricultural Technology Commercialization from Government Research Institutions to Agribusiness in Taiwan

Liang-Jeng Hung
ABSTRACT Taiwan, with more than hundred years of R&D efforts in agricultural science and technology, has relative higher citation index than other domains.  There are 16 governmental research institutes affiliated to the Council of Agriculture (COA) that are ensuring continuous R&D...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural extension system
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Strategy of Agricultural Technology Commercialization from Governmental Research Institutions to the Public in Taiwan: An International Perspective

Hsueh-Shih Lin
ABSTRACT Modern agricultural research outcomes include: plant breeder’s rights, patents, copyrights, trade secrets, etc. This report describes the common international methods used in agricultural technology commercialization, in comparison with the strategy carried out in Taiwan for...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural extension system
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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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