Taiwan’s bananas will be served at school lunch tables and be available in the supermarkets of eastern Japanese cities starting this November.
The Council of Agriculture (COA) signed an agreement on Wednesday (July 24) with the authorities of Kasama, a city northeast of Tokyo, on promoting...
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Passengers arriving at Taiwan airports and seaports from Russia are now subject to hand luggage checks, as part of the government's efforts to prevent the entry of African swine fever (ASF), the Council of Agriculture (COA) said Wednesday.
The measure was put in place July 19, following the...
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The Council of Agriculture last month terminated a contract with a Taiwanese satellite image supplier after finding that its images were sourced from a China-based firm, a council official said yesterday, after local media raised information security concerns.
The council’s Agricultural...
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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,...
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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...