Page 109 - 2018 Annual Report Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan

Annual Report 2018 Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan In order to provide consumers with agriproducts that are fresh, safe, eco- friendly, and high quality, and that have special local characteristics, the COA has guided the setting up of “farmers’ markets” “direct sales points for farmers,” and “community shops.” In 2018 we guided the establishment of farmers’ markets in eight locations, of direct sales points for farmers in 15 locations, and of community shops and markets in 34 places. These provided sales points for “local production, local consumption” of agriproducts. The COA’s Forestry Bureau completed setting up the “Taiwan Wood Network,” providing information on production and sales of domestic wood as well as diversified matchmaking services. This makes forestry information more transparent and more convenient to use. In 2018 we mediated the sale of about 4,000 cubic meters of domestic wood, creating more cooperative business opportunities in forestry. Moreover, since December of 2014, the COA’s Forestry Bureau, the National Taiwan Museum, and the Tse- Xin Organic Agriculture Foundation have held the “Footprints Farmers Market” each week in the Museum’s Nanmen Park area. They have invited small farmers from across the country who have been given the “Green Conservation Label” to set up stalls, enabling consumers to support Lively business negotiations between exhibitors and buyers in the Taiwan agriculture pavilion at the “Taiwan Expo 2018 in Thailand.” Taiwan seeds are marketed through the “Taiwan Seed Service” platform. green conservation agriproducts with direct action. In 2018 they organized the “Footprints Farmers Market” 52 times, and also held the “Satoyama Food Festival,” linking together the agriproduct and brand stories of local Taiwan farmers with the ideals of the Satoyama Initiative and the development of green industries. 107