Taiwan

An Active Promotion of Crop Natural Disaster Insurance by Council of Agriculture for Shifting Farmers’ Operation Risks

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
Source: Council of Agriculture http://www.coa.gov.tw/show_news.php?cat=show_news&serial=coa_diamond_20150811171409   Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture (COA) recently launched a trial of the crop natural disaster insurance specifically for top-grafting sand pears in 2015. The...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural risk management
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Agricultural Direct Payment Policy in Taiwan

Chen-Te Huang
Current policies related to Direct Payment The Direct Payments in Taiwan are basically complied with the norm in Annex 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture of WTO. The types of direct payment are quite diverse including income direct payment, payments under environment programs, structural...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Overview
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Large-Quantity Frozen Pork Imports to Hurt the Domestic Price

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
Source: Council of Agriculture www.coa.gov.tw/show_news.php?cat=show_news...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Import regulation and quarantine
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A Review of Outcomes of “Cross-Strait Joint Quarantine Inspection of Agri-Products”

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
Source: Council of Agriculture http://www.coa.gov.tw/show_news.php?cat=show_news&serial=coa_diamond_20150610195329   The five-year efforts based on the agreement of “Cross-Strait Joint Quarantine Inspection of Agri-Products” signed in 2009, aimed at promoting cross-strait...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Import regulation and quarantine
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Review and Analysis of Agricultural Natural Disaster Relief System

Min-Hsien Yang
Introduction The agricultural industry is highly risky. It is risky because the unpredictable weather conditions and recent climate changes cause unstable quality and quantity of agricultural production outputs. It is normal for a farmer to make a living highly dependent on weather conditions. If...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural risk management
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