Page 55 - 2018 Annual Report Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan

Annual Report 2018 Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan to be sent abroad for education or short- term research, thereby cultivating an agricultural elite. (b) Use of overseas Chinese and foreign manpower In conformance with the New Southbound Policy, the COA has recruited young people from New Southbound Policy partner countries to come to Taiwan to take agriculture- related courses in universities or (c) colleges combined with agricultural career exploration. We also made it possible for these students to do part-time agricultural work outside of class or during the winter or summer holidays, strengthening exchanges between academia and manpower in agricultural industries, and upgrading the bilateral complementarity and cooperation between human resources from Taiwan and from New Southbound Policy partner countries. Exchanges and cooperation between young people in agriculture The COA added overseas observation and study to guidance measures for young farmers, allowing them to engage in exchanges and cooperation in areas such as agricultural machinery, automation, agricultural clusters, cold chain systems, and processing of dairy products. We also built a platform for exchanges and cooperation between young people engaged in agriculture in Taiwan and in New Southbound Policy partner countries, enhancing the search for commercial opportunities for agriculture. A press conference about the plan for incentives for high school students to go into agriculture. A group photo of young farmers visiting a center for upgrading agricultural industries as part of the “Korea agriproduct aesthetics learning group.” With “increasing the supply of manpower” and “reducing the demand for manpower” as the main strategies, the 53