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Experts urge rice farmers to switch to organic farming: helps make land sustainable and prevents lodging disaster losses
As extreme climate becomes increasingly severe, the first rice crop harvest period every June often encounters days of torrential rain, causing rice ears to turn green-yellow, lodge and sprout, and farmers rushing to harvest green-cut rice, resulting in agricultural losses; the government must allocate funds to purchase the disaster-affected rice. Liu, head of the Department of Agriculture at Mingdao University
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Real-name system for pesticide purchases takes effect on July 1, ensuring peace of mind for agricultural products and safeguarding farmers' benefits
To ensure the food safety of agricultural products, the Council of Agriculture is promoting a real-name system policy for pesticide purchases. On July 1, 2021 (ROC year 110), it announced amended regulations requiring retail pesticide sellers to include the purchaser's ID card number or residence permit number when reporting sales data...
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No pesticides, no chemical fertilizers: Lin Yilong's 16 years of farming with stable income
Lin Yilong's home sits on the mountainside of Luye Highland, where time paces between the Coastal Range and the Central Range. In the morning, he watches the mist drift through the Beinan River Valley; at night, he observes the moon wax and wane, letting the stars lull him to sleep. Dulan Mountain and Luye River sing in harmony, a performance of "The Four Seasons" he never tires of hearing.
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Grape orders plummet by 70 percent, small farmers call for bulk group purchases by companies and communities
Grapes hang heavy on the vines, yet farmers in Dacun, Changhua pick them with great anxiety. After the domestic pandemic alert was raised to Level 3, people's consumption shifted from physical stores to online, causing orders from restaurants and fruit shops to drop; when "Upstream and Downstream" actually asked farmers' associations and farmers in the production areas, it found that grapes in the Dacun area are mostly sold directly by farmers, with a small portion sold on their behalf by the farmers' association. With school closures, staggered work shifts and unstable logistics and delivery conditions, orders have fallen sharply for both the farmers' association and the farmers, with farmers' orders down by more than 70 percent. Last year's warm winter also caused grapes in Nantou to mature early, so the grapes from both areas clashed head-on, which is quite unfavorable for sales.
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Trial of Organic Papaya: The Fierce Woman of Nongyu Farm Hones Her Skills
Because fruit trees have a long growth cycle and are prone to more pests and diseases, organic cultivation is more difficult than vegetables and requires more patience waiting for the harvest. Huang Shuyue once went into debt of 40 million due to business. She said: "I have survived the difficulties of bankruptcy, so how could the difficulties of organic farming defeat me?
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Fanling's "Heart & Effort" Organic Farm launches experiences including farm feasts and pizza workshops
Unable to travel abroad under the pandemic, many people have been thinking of heading out into nature to recover the joy of travelling. Earlier I took an organic farm tour, enjoying the greenery and tasting fresh food to the full, with a feeling much like being in Western Australia. What's even better is that right now you can also come to the hotel and enjoy
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Major Survey of Organic Fruit Products: Average Farm Operating Area Nearly 3 Hectares per Household
However, organic farmers mostly adopt diversified cultivation as their operating model. Farmers include crops they currently or plan to grow in the future in their certified product items, but there is a discrepancy between the crop items farmers actually grow and the registration data. If farmers are classified solely by their main crop category, it is difficult to grasp the actual cultivation status of organic agricultural products.
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Four-Way Development Eco-Tourism: Organic Farm Becomes a Haven for Wildlife Conservation
An organically certified eco-farm becomes a habitat haven for rare flora and fauna. The estate's original site was formerly a Taiwan Sugar Corporation sugarcane field; after 60 years of conventional monoculture farming, its ecology was fairly uniform. After the estate took over the lease, through sixteen years of effort, the original land was transformed
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Taichung Fushoushan Farm spring tea online pre-order sells out just 5 minutes after going on sale
Tea produced by Fushoushan Farm in Heping District, Taichung City is known as "the dream treasure of the tea world." Because of its small quantity and high quality, it is often fully pre-ordered before it even hits the market. This year, affected by the pandemic, spring tea switched to an online pre-sale model. The second batch of spring tea was released at 8:10 a.m. on June 10
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