Page 42 - 2018 Annual Report Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan

Collective Innovation Sustainable Management Unit 2: Building Agricultural Models the threat of ooding on 2,061 hectares of farmland prone to inundation. The COA also undertook soil and water conservation in upstream slopeland along rivers and regional drainage systems that were under the charge of municipalities, cities, and counties within the scope of the The improvement project for the first watergate of the Dayilun drainage channel (Taiwan Yunlin Irrigation Association, 2018). Management project for the section of the Shiwen River near the ticket booth for the Basianshan National Forest Recreation Area. Leafy vegetables can be protected by cultivating them in net houses and greenhouses. “Comprehensive River Basin Management Plan.” We also handled mountain management and flood prevention in Aboriginal townships. In Phase 2 of this Plan (2016-2017), total expenditures for soil and water conservation were NT$2.8 billion, while expenses in 2018 were NT$1.432 billion. In 2018, we handled 218 conservation and management construction projects, effectively stabilizing 1.6 million cubic meters of soil. The COA also implemented projects for (i) management of watersheds, (ii) mountain management and flood prevention, and (iii) torrent management and handling of landslides, all three of which were for national forest compartments in Aboriginal townships. For Phase 3 (2018-2019) the total budget is NT$589.8 million, of which expenditures in 2018 were NT$289.8 million. In 2018, the COA completed 23 construction projects for mountain management and flood prevention, restored about 15.17 hectares of landslides, and stabilized 492,500 cubic meters of soil. This means that the COA has taken the first steps toward overall management of watersheds in river basins, reducing potential damage from debris ow and ooding. Since 2014 the COA has handled agricultural disaster mitigation and construction project management as well as non-construction measures to ensure the security of food crops and improve the production environment in vegetable- 40