Page 28 - 2018 Annual Report Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan

Collective Innovation Sustainable Management Unit 2: Building Agricultural Models 26 Overall, the operational structure of credit departments has significantly improved. The COA will continue to maintain a firm grasp of the operational situation at credit departments, and will strengthen oversight and guidance work to continue to assist credit departments to ensure sound operations, and to maintain the stable development of agricultural nance. (c) Policy-oriented special agricultural loans In 2018, the COA continued to promote policy-oriented special agricultural loans, providing 45,000 farmers and fishermen with NT$28.8 billion in loans, giving them capital needed for their operations. In order to coordinate with government policies such as training young manpower for agriculture and “New Agriculture,” we strengthened our promotion of the “loan for youths establishing agricultural businesses,” the “loan for farmer organizations and agribusiness management and marketing research and innovation,” the “loan for leisure farms,” and the “loan for agricultural energy conservation and carbon-emissions reduction,” providing 1,312 young farmers and business operators with NT$3.28 billion in capital loans. The COA will continue to coordinate with agricultural policy objectives, adjusting the types of loans and their content when appropriate, in order to upgrade the operational competitiveness of rural industries.