Page 126 - 2018 Annual Report Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan

Collective Experiences The Overall Landscape Unit 5: Major Events in 2018 Quarantine detector dogs inspect express delivery consignments. (2) Adjustment of production and sales of fruits and vegetables to stabilize prices Because the weather was good in 2018, there was a bumper harvest of all types of fruits and vegetables. In order to minimize the incidence of imbalances between production and sales, the COA, starting from the basis of the total production volume of all sensitive crops, provided production plans, estimates, and early warnings to municipal, city, and county governments so they could maintain a grasp of production volume and formulate plans and adjustment measures in advance. In addition, via digital tools such as the webpage of the COA’s Agriculture and Food Agency and the “Field-Side Assistance” APP, we provided early warning information on seedling volume and estimated cultivated area for each ten- day period, to make relevant information available from the very beginning of the agricultural production cycle. The COA provided guidance to switch over to broccoli farming and construct a complete industrial chain from production to processing to marketing. To stabilize agriproduct prices, the COA adopted monitoring of benchmark prices, guidance of production and sales of agriproducts, and stabilization measures. We also set targets for exporting, processing, and direct sales, and nalized eight concrete action plans, as follows: A. Improving the production and sales information platform: The COA integrated searchable information systems and linked them with existing COA systems/APPs. B. Adopting new policies and adjustment measures: (a) The COA guided farmers producing agriproducts that are especially susceptible to production and sales imbalances to switch over to other crops (like broccoli), and coordinated this with direct payments on farmland. Press conference for exporting cabbage. 124