Taiwan

Establishing New Agricultural Value Chains

Hwang-Jaw Lee
Hwang-Jaw Lee, PhD Board Director, Taiwan Flowers Development Association   The Council of Agriculture (COA) promoted to establish new agricultural value chains as its new policy direction for 2013. In the face of challenges such as increased economic and trade liberalization, climate...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural marketing policy
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Taiwan Plans to Tighten Pension Eligibility for Elderly Farmers

Chan-Ik Chun
Chan-Ik Chun Agricultural Economist, FFTC   On Nov. 8, the Cabinet of Taiwan government tightened rules governing eligibility for the elderly farmers’ monthly pension in a bid to prevent “pseudo-farmers” cashing in on the welfare system which costs the government NT$50 billion (US$1.7...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Farmers' welfare and retirement system
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Crop Health Management

Hwang-Jaw Lee
Hwang-Jaw Lee, PhD Board Director, Taiwan Flowers Development Association         Food safety has become a major challenge for many countries in the past years. The safety issues exist in every process of the food chain, such as: from production, manufacturing,...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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Threats and Opportunities of Agricultural Trade Liberalization for East Asian Countries

Rhung-Jieh Woo
Rhung-Jieh Woo Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University   Abstract   Trade liberalization is an irreversible trend keep influencing the domestic and international agricultural sectors. However, agricultural trade liberalization not only brings...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Trade liberalization and countermeasures
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Food Security and Regional Free Trade Agreement in Taiwan

Ching-Cheng Chang
Ching-Cheng Chang Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica Department of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University Email:  Emily@econ.sinica.edu.tw   ABSTRACT The report focuses on the current state of food security in Taiwan, main indicators and key challenges facing...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Trade liberalization and countermeasures
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