Page 60 - 2018 Annual Report Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan

Collective Innovation Sustainable Management Unit 2: Building Agricultural Models 6. The Application of Technological Innovation to Agriculture (1) Promoting the clustering of agricultural technology industries In order to create a more outstanding environment for investment in innovation by industries, the COA continued to strengthen the clustering of agricultural technology industries in the Pingtung Agricultural Biotechnology Park (PABP), clusters that simultaneously have research and development, production, and foreign and domestic marketing functions. As of the end of 2018, 102 agribusinesses had moved into the PABP, bringing total investment of NT$10.194 billion and creating 1,700 jobs. In 2018 the COA completed construction of a multifunctional warehousing zone and of a multifunctional living services area (including the Industrial Talent Training Center) in the PABP. There was also a ground-breaking ceremony for a project to expand the PABP by 165.41 hectares. On the foundation of industrial clustering, the COA upgraded office services and planned to offer services at places like the Agricultural Logistics Park in Taoyuan and the Central Taiwan Smart Agricultural Park, driving industrial transformation and internationalization. The Taiwan Orchid Plantation (TOP) occupies 175 hectares of land, with greenhouse construction over 95 hectares. Infrastructure for the TOP was completed in 2012. As of the end of 2018, there were 84 businesses that had moved into the TOP, bringing cumulative total investment of NT$17.355 billion. Of these, 78 businesses were up and running, with cumulative revenues of NT$15.11 billion. (2) Promoting Smart Agriculture 4.0 In 2018 the COA integrated key information and communications technologies such as IoT Sensor Technology, Intelligent Robots (IR), Big Data, Cloud Computing, and so on, to promote the construction of smart production and digital services systems for agriculture. Starting from the introduction of smart technology research and development into ten of the leading industries in agriculture, preliminary achievements have been made in areas The experimental use of an unmanned aerial vehicle to spray pesticides in a dragon fruit orchard. 58