Taiwan

Taiwan Agricultural Industry Moves towards Sustainable Development

Hwang-Jaw Lee
Hwang-Jaw Lee Board Director, Taiwan Flowers Development Association   In response to regulations of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and in order to show to the international community the results of Taiwan’s implementing the mitigation of...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Eco-friendly agriculture (satoyama and satoumi)
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Recruiting Young Farmers to Join Small-Scale Farming: A Structural Policy Perspective

Jiun-Hao Wang
Jiun-Hao Wang Associate Professor Department of Bio-industry Communication and Development, National Taiwan University No 1, Roosevelt Rd, Sec 4, Taipei 10617, Taiwan E-mail: wangjh@ntu.edu.tw   ABSTRACT The small-scale agricultural countries encounter severe...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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One-Stop Service for Young Farmers in Taiwan

Kun-Fong Kuo
Kun-Fong Kuo Farmers’ Service Department, Council of Agriculture Executive Yuan (COA), Taipei, Taiwan E-mail: kkf@mail.coa.gov.tw   ABSTRACT This paper describes the process by which the Council of Agriculture in Taiwan selected 100 young farmers (average age of 33) in 2013...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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An Amendment to the Welfare Benefits for Aged Farmers

Hwang-Jaw Lee
Hwang-Jaw Lee Board Director, Taiwan Flowers Development Association   The Council of Agriculture (COA) has offered various kinds of welfare programs to farmers in order for them to maintain their living standards and economic security. “ The Temporary Statute Regarding the Welfare...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Farmers' welfare and retirement system
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The Framework of Agricultural Policy and Recent Major Agricultural Policies in Taiwan

Hwang-Jaw Lee
Hwang-Jaw Lee Ph. D      Abstract In the past years, the changing factors of agriculture developments in Taiwan are influenced greatly both internally and externally. Facing the challenges of new environment, it is critical to establish industrial value chain operation to...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Overview
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