Current situation and challenges of agriculture in Taiwan

The agriculture industry is continuously facingthe pressure of climate change, aging rural population, labor shortage, and growing demand for food.

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Mapping out the Future of Smart Agriculture

Better working environment for agricultural workers. More efficient agricultural production models. A new agricultural era of efficiency, safety and low risk.

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The intelligence development of livestock industry
Accord to the paper of 2020 Agricultural Statistics Yearbook, there is 16.67 billion NT dollars of livestock production and reaching 33.5% of agriculture production in Taiwan. Production of livestock to sort was 1st hogs, 2nd broilers, 3rd layers, 4th cow milk and 5th mule & muscovery ducks and these productions were 71.4, 46.4, 21.4, 11.4 and 7.5 billion NT dollars, respectively. Accounting the year production were 10.41 and 19.75 million were hogs farm and cow milk farm. But also these are lab
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The achievement of labor saving and intelligentization of tea industry
The tea industry is dominated by labor-intensive and experience-intensive small-scale farmers. In recent years, due to the aging of the agricultural population, there has been a substantial shortage of agricultural labor. With the abnormal climate year after year, the cultivation and management of tea gardens are also challenged by extreme weather. Instability of tea yield has seriously affected farmers' income. Therefore, labor-saving machinery is urgently needed to assist the development of th
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Local operations improve banana UAV precision pesticide application technology
UAV technology has developed rapidly in recent years. Agricultural UAVs have become widely used pesticide application equipment across the country and have been maturely used in rice. However, other large-scale crops also urgently need to improve and establish appropriate parameters, and research. The team targeted the export crop banana as a key crop to promote the application of UAV agricultural spraying of fruit trees. Through the cooperation of the Agricultural Chemicals Research Institute,
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Smart Fishing Lamps based on Inherited Experience of Sea Captains Better Carbon Reduction Effect than Daan Forest Park
The exclusive "Smart LED fish attractors" technology has obtained three patents of invention and transferred to enterprises including Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Delta Electronics, and Lit Triumph Micro-Cooling Tech. to develop into an industrial cluster of fishing light attractors.
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Amazing Smart Aquaculture : successfully reversing traditional farming
The aquaculture industry has been developed in Taiwan for more than 300 years, and Taiwan's aquaculture technology has earned the reputation of "Kingdom of Aquaculture". However, in recent years, due to the abnormal climate and environment, limited land and water resources, drug residues affecting the food safety of aquatic products, market competition, increased cost of aquaculture, and dysfunctions in production and marketing, the development of the traditional aquaculture industry has stagnat
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Know soil fertility anytime, anywhere
Soil is the mother of plants, and understanding soil fertility can effectively improve soil productivity and fertilizer utilization. As the amount of chemical fertilizers increases year by year, crop yields no longer increase, and soil acidification becomes more and more serious. Therefore, the government advocates rational fertilization. The government subsidizes soil fertility testing on farmland once a year, but the number of soil fertility testing cases in TARI and Agricultural Research and
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