Page 43 - 2019 Annual Report Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan

Annual Report 2019 Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan
On-site observation of tissue culture seedlings in the strawberry seedling cultivation class of the Farmers’ Academy.
being NT$13.66 million. People studied abroad in countries that included the US, Japan, Germany, France, Australia, the UK, and Norway, and did research projects focusing on issues that included breeding technology, strategies to deal with climate change, post- harvest handling technology, prevention of disease and pests, and sustainable agricultural development.
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 colleges, with agricultural career exploration combined into the curriculum. 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 enhancing the complementarity and cooperation between human resources from Taiwan and from New Southbound Policy partner countries.
C. Exchanges and cooperation between young people in agriculture
The COA has 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.
(3) Use of diversified agricultural labor
With "increasing the supply of manpower" and "reducing the demand for manpower" as the main strategies, the COA, based on a survey of the causes of the rural labor shortage, planned multiple adjustment measures for rural labor such as "upgrading the efficiency of the use of manpower," "introducing diversified labor," "adjusting production-and-marketing operating procedures," "introducing labor- saving agricultural machinery and equipment," "promoting a platform for sharing of agricultural
Agrotechnicians from agricultural technical teams assist owners to harvest crops, helping to compensate for the shortage of rural labor.
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