At Bio Asia Taiwan Thursday (July 25), I-Mei Biomedicine (義美生醫) and I-Mei Macrobiotics (義美生機) presented their concept of making full use of agricultural produce, based on the premise that food and medicine share the same origin.
All ingredients for their products originate within Taiwan, whether...
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The Council of Agriculture on Tuesday (Aug. 6) held the Innovation Incubation Graduation Presentation, in which 15 Taiwanese companies took part and showed the fruits of their labor.
According to the Council of Agriculture, agricultural start-ups focus more and more on the use of technology, and...
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The Executive Yuan passed a draft act Thursday to create an agricultural insurance mechanism, under which the government will pay up to 50 percent of the premium to boost the insured rate, in the hope of better protecting the nation's farmers from dramatic financial losses due to weather,...
2019.07.09
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The government plans to nurture agri-entrepreneurs to give an impetus to farming in the country.
“Agriculture is no less than industry and we consider every farmer as entrepreneurs. For a sustainable growth in agriculture, fresh ideas need to be sown and youth should be encouraged to...
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The government plans to form 10,000 farmer producer organisations (FPOs) in the next five years.
This is expected to help small and marginal cultivators team up to get lower rates for inputs and sell produce at higher rates.
FPOs will ensure economies of scale, said finance minister...
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The Internal Trade department is preparing guidelines for the income guarantee scheme for four crops -- rice, maize, oil palm and cassava -- to submit to the government.
Director-general Whichai Phochanakij said the department will hand its proposal to the new commerce minister, expected to be...
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Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Grisada Boonrach yesterday expressed his desire to leave a legacy before leaving office by imposing an immediate ban on three toxic farm chemicals, namely paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos.
He is reported to have sent an urgent letter to the permanent...
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Philippine banks continued to fall short of the mandated threshold for agriculture and agrarian reform lending despite the 18.9 percent increase in the first quarter, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed.
The BSP reported the banking system was able to set aside a total of P711...