In the 21st century, Taiwan is facing significant challenges such as land fragmentation, agricultural labor population decline, and unpredictable weather conditions caused by climate change which all put stress on agricultural outputs. While facing the formidable stress in production management, it becomes one of the essential tasks for government officials in Taiwan to take advantage of the well-developed Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to improve the development of smart agriculture and enhance the competitiveness of Taiwan’s agricultural industry. In 2015, the Information Management Center (IMC) of the Council of Agriculture launched the project “Smart Farm Management System (SFMS)” (https://agrepm.coa.gov.tw/) for agricultural enterprises which aims to facilitate the recording processes on farming practices and put the smart agriculture tools in practice to improve its production. In the future, IMC will keep improving on the user-friendly interface to increase the utilization of smart farming systems locally, the tight development of the chain of government and the close management of the supply chain to implement the policy of food security and traceability. In this connection, it is very important to use the database collected from the environmental IoT network to monitor the changes in the growing environment and maintain high production and quality With long-term data collection, AI prediction models can be built to reduce the labor used, time consumed, and mitigate the impact of extreme climate. We’re looking forward to the fruitful outcomes from the smart agriculture development in Taiwan which will facilitate the sustainability of the industry.
Keywords: Smart Farm Management System, smart agriculture, crop cultivating calendar, Taiwan’s Good Agricultural Practice, National GIS Cadastral Map System
In the 21st century, Taiwan is facing significant challenges such as land fragmentation, agricultural labor population decline, and unpredictable weather conditions caused by climate change which all put stress on agricultural outputs. While facing the formidable stress in production management, it becomes one of the essential tasks for government officials in Taiwan to take advantage of the well-developed Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to improve the development of smart agriculture and enhance the competitiveness of Taiwan’s agricultural industry. In 2015, the Information Management Center (IMC) of the Council of Agriculture launched the project “Smart Farm Management System (SFMS)” (https://agrepm.coa.gov.tw/) for agricultural enterprises which aims to facilitate the recording processes on farming practices and put the smart agriculture tools in practice to improve its production. In the future, IMC will keep improving on the user-friendly interface to increase the utilization of smart farming systems locally, the tight development of the chain of government and the close management of the supply chain to implement the policy of food security and traceability. In this connection, it is very important to use the database collected from the environmental IoT network to monitor the changes in the growing environment and maintain high production and quality With long-term data collection, AI prediction models can be built to reduce the labor used, time consumed, and mitigate the impact of extreme climate. We’re looking forward to the fruitful outcomes from the smart agriculture development in Taiwan which will facilitate the sustainability of the industry.
Keywords: Smart Farm Management System, smart agriculture, crop cultivating calendar, Taiwan’s Good Agricultural Practice, National GIS Cadastral Map System