Page 35 - 2018 Annual Report Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan

Annual Report 2018 Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan the COA announced 34 “eco-friendly farming promotion groups” covering a registered eco-friendly farming area of 2,810 hectares, with future total production volume estimated at 30,000 metric tons and production value at about NT$1.68 billion. Meanwhile, two producers were certified as producing organic livestock products (covering two products) and one organic livestock processing business was so certified (covering one product). In addition, to improve animal welfare, the COA has issued the “Definition and Guideline of Friendly Eggs Production System” and the “Definition and Guideline Education about organic food and agriculture offered at the Jinping Elementary School in Taitung. of Friendly Pig-raising System.” These are useful as reference to operators investing in eco-friendly production facilities or equipment. The COA also guided industrial transformation, handling policy-oriented special agricultural loans for eco-friendly egg-production systems, to meet the needs of industrial development. In 2018 the applications of 12 livestock farms conformed to regulations. In addition, the COA promoted the “farmland ecology certification mechanism—the green conservation labeling program,” under which we guided farmers to use eco-friendly cultivation Organic agriproducts. Food and Agricultural Education brings families closer together. This family is making a delicious dish out of vegetables they picked themselves. 33