New Line in Agricultural Technology

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New Line in Agricultural Technology
Shih-Hsun Hsu National Taiwan University
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CONTENTS

• Introduction
• Agricultural Sector and Macroeconomic Situation
  in Taiwan
• New Challenges
• Strategies for Transformation of Agriculture in
  the New Century
• New Line in agricultural Technology
• Conclusions

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INTRODUCTION
Factors for successful agri. Development 1.
Sino-American Joint Commission on Rural
Reconstruction (JCRR) 2. land reform 3.
farmers organizations 4. technical research
institutions 5. supporting extension services
6. rural infrastructure
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Taiwans agriculture used to pursue the land
productivity by using intensive workforce, while
the large-scale farming trade partners are
pursing capital return ignoring land productivity.
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Traditional industry, such as Agriculture, can
develop into a knowledge-based industry through
inducement, innovation and application of
knowledge.
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Agriculture has to be transformed from what used
to be a traditional quantity economy into the
development of knowledge-based economy.
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New competition-oriented policies e.g.,
promote agri. Strategic alliance, development of
biotechnology, agri. Processing industry, leisure
industry Upgrade agri. From primary, secondary,
to tertiary status
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Agricultural technology not only includes
automation, biology, and genetic engineering, but
also economic, cultural and medical
knowledge Institutional Innovation is also
important!
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Agricultural Sector and Macroeconomic Situation
in Taiwan
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Cultivated Land Area in Taiwan
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Industrial Origin of Gross Domestic Product in
Taiwan
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Employed population in Taiwan
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Ratios of Employed population in Taiwan
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Per Household Income of Farm and Non-farm
Families in Taiwan
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Sources of Farm Income in Taiwan--- Per
Household Income ---
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New Challenges
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International Challenges

• Accelerated liberalization of agricultural trade
  (regionalism, multilateralism)
• International concerns on food security
• Urgent need for environmental conservation

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Domestic Challenges

• Accelerated pace on structure adjustment
• Emerging agri.-related advanced technology
  brought into agriculture and farming operation
• Rural reconstruction and farmers welfare
• Multi-dimentional impacts on farmers
  organizations
• New concepts created by knowlegde-based economy
  (knowledge v.s., traditional production factors)

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Strategies for Transformation of Agriculture in
the New Century (COAs New program of the 21st
Century) 2001-2004
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Goals
1.Develop knowledge-based economy, and apply
technical and cultural knowledge to upgrade
agriculture and its competitiveness
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Goals
2.Ensure food security, produce high quality,
sanitary and safe products, and protect
consumers rights
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Goals
3.Increase the living quality of rural villages,
set up farmers social security safety net to
further increase farmers income and welfare
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Goals
4.Improve agricultural resource quality and
utilization efficiency emphasize soil
conservation and protection to promote the
harmony of ecological environment.
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Strategies
1. Organizing and promoting Taiwans Agricultural
Strategic Alliance to develop economics of scale
and technical efficiency (The case of Taiwan
Tilapia Strategic Alliance )
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Strategies
2.Developing food processing industry and
increasing agricultural operation with
industrialization
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Strategies
3.Developing high-quality agricultural and
recreational business to enlarge the scope of
farm operation
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Strategies
4.Strengthening farmland management, increasing
the efficiency of farmland utilization
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Strategies
5.Developing key agricultural technology, setting
up information system and modernizing marketing
environment
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Strategies
6.Creating and planning rural commune zone,
accelerating the reconstruction of rural and
fishing villages
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Strategies
7.Maintaining bio-diversity enhancing
conservation on mountain area, and preventing
natural disaster to upgrade the ecological
environment quality
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Strategies
8.Amending and establishing related regulations,
re-organizing farmers organizations and
establishing mechanization for implementing
highly effective policy
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Vision for Agricultural Development in the 21th
Century
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Visions

• Technology-led agriculture
• Economy-led agriculture
• Culture-led agriculture
• Recreation-led agriculture
• Ecology-led agriculture

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New Line in Agricultural Technology
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FLOWERS

• Oncidium
• Butterfly Orchid
• Chrysanthemum
• Flamingo
• Eustoma
• Malabar chestnut
• Green Belgian

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SEAFOOD

• Taiwan Tilapia
• Chanos (Milk fish)
• Acrossocheilus paradoxus
• Meretrix Iusoria
• Blood Parrot

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VEGETABLES

• Cabbage
• Chinese Cabbage
• Bamboo Shoots
• Water Bamboos
• Sweet Corn
• Onions

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FRUITS

• Bananas
• Pineapples
• Papayas
• Guavas
• Wax Apples
• Litchi, Lychee
• Carambola

• Grapes
• Ponkan
• Indian Jujube
• Sand Pears
• Shaddocks
• Lemons

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Agricultural Biotechology
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Precision Farming Technology
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Agriculture related advanced technology
- precision agriculture -

• Global Positioning System, GPS
• Remote Sensing
• Soil Data set
• Geographic Information Systems, GIS
• Agri. automation

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Major Applications of - precision
agriculture -

• Crop acreage survey
• Production estimation
• Natural disaster damage investigation
• Infectious crop disease outbreak monitoring

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Agriculture related advanced technology
- precision agriculture -

• Global Positioning System, GPS

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Agriculture related advanced technology
- precision agriculture -

• Remote Sensing
• Soil Data set
• Geographic Information Systems, GIS

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Agriculture related advanced technology
- precision agriculture -
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Agriculture related advanced technology
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• Agri Automation system

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Agriculture related advanced technology
- precision agriculture -

• Automation of Rice Post-harvest Systems

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E-commerce Technology
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Key strategies in the plan for National
Development in the New Century for 2001-2004

• Accelerating high-net development, digitalization
  of government database
• Upgrading research standards, reinforcing
  protection of intellectual property rights
• Strengthening development of information
  hardware, promoting electronic documentation and
  paperless office, e-commerce (B2C EC, B2B EC)

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Agriculture related advanced technology
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