Taiwan

The Restructuring Policy of Agro-Manpower and Farmland in Taiwan, R.O.C.

Chen-Te Huang
ABSTRACT The average farm size was 1.03 hectare and only 21.7% of the farm households had a farm size with area more than 1 hectare in Taiwan in 2013. The agriculture employment decreased from 950,000 in 1995 to 544,000 in 2012. Furthermore, the average age of farm decision maker was getting old...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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Farmland –Access Policy for Young Farmers and New Entrants

Sen-Tyan LIN
ABSTRACT Farmland access problems faced by the young generation of farmers have recently become problematic. To address this issue, this study investigates the challenges of traditional land tenure arrangements faced by young farmers and new entrants. Five creative farmland-access public programs...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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Subsidy Policy Evolution to Chemical Fertilizers and Management Information System Processing in Taiwan

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
   I.  Introduction Fertilizers are necessary inputs to agricultural production. Particularly, chemical fertilizers have led an effective and fast food production system since the “green revolution” in the 1960s. In the past, because of the “fertilizer exchange...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agriculture
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Safety Management of Agricultural Products in Taiwan

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
I. Enhance Safety Management 1. Promotion of GAP certified safe fruits and vegetables: There were 2,127 GAP listed agricultural production and sales groups at the end of 2014. Those farmer production and sales groups cover a total of 25,719 hectares. With a plan of production traceability...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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Recent Implementations in Promoting Local Production and Local Consumption of Taiwanese Food

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
For the past few years, consumers have been paying attention to food security and the logistics of food distributions from farm sources.. This emerging consumer trend encourages multiple ways of innovative marketing aligned with the concept of community supported agriculture (CSA) beyond the...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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