Page 79 - 2018 Annual Report Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan

Annual Report 2018 Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan with certifications of food grown in these facilities as “organic” or as “Traceable Agricultural Products,” in order to promote eco-friendly cultivation and maintain the environmental safety and competitiveness of rural communities. (4) Creating new technologies for facilities agriculture In response to climate change, the COA has promoted the development of cultivation technologies for facilities agriculture. We continued to develop new technology for (i) construction of a cross-field IoT smart environmental control system, (ii) a portable plant water shortage and height sensing system, (iii) modularization of the adjustment of the supply of irrigation water and nutrient solution, and (iv) a warning system for abnormal conditions. In the future we can apply these in smart fertigation to construct facilities agriculture systems for different local crops, with the overall goal of encouraging industrial transformation and sustainable development. In order to strengthen the wind- resistance of greenhouses and prolong their service life, the COA’s Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) completed analysis of damage caused by commonly-used spring clamp connecting ties and self-tapping screws, and completed follow-up R&D on three types of innovative greenhouse connecting clamps. When used on a trial basis in constructing The COA guided farmers to build steel-frame greenhouses. 77