Page 32 - 2018 Annual Report Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan

Collective Innovation Sustainable Management Unit 2: Building Agricultural Models which added “facilities for valorization of poultry and livestock feces and urine” under the category for livestock facilities. This change can help resolve problems such as nding land for facilities for source material co-fermentation and related activities. (4) A vertically integrated operational model for production and marketing in the poultry industry The introduction of fast food into Taiwan in 1984 satisfied increasing demand from outside diners (people who buy cooked food outside the home) which arose as a result of (i) citizens’ desire at the time to try something new, as well as (ii) urban development. In order to provide products with stable quality and maintain an orderly processing process, demand arose for standardization and a high level of sanitation for upstream raw materials. This caused the broiler chicken industry to move in the direction of electrical slaughtering systems and vertically integrated management. At present, about 97% of poultry farm operators have chosen to sign contracts with feed factories and slaughterhouses, producing chickens that meet contracted specifications of downstream purchasers as well as permitting new planning methods. These contracts can be divided into three types: substitute raising, guaranteed price, and market price. Under substitute raising contracts, the contracted operator provides raw materials for raising chickens. Guaranteed price contracts mean that the chickens are purchased according to a pre-arranged guaranteed price. Market price contracts mean that chickens are purchased at the market price at the time of the transaction. Chicken-raising businesses switch among different contracting models depending on the price of chickens and costs of raising them. (5) Promoting comprehensive washing and grading of chicken eggs In 2018 the COA continued to promote the policy of “comprehensive washing and grading of eggs.” In addition to guiding four private-sector businesses to establish chicken egg washing and grading venues, the COA also worked through farmers’ mutual aid and cooperation organizations (such as production-and-marketing groups, farmers’ associations, and co-operatives) to establish two regional washing and grading centers. These will centralize and handle chicken eggs within a specific region. In addition, in 2018 the COA guided egg layer farms to set up nine facilities for washing and grading of eggs. In the future it is hoped we can adjust egg production 30