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Free Trade Zone Controversy"Opening up 830 Chinese agricultural products, passing through and becoming MIT, Chen Chi-chung: Absolutely will kill Taiwan's agriculture
Free Trade Zone Controversy"Opening up 830 Chinese agricultural products, passing through and becoming MIT, Chen Chi-chung: Absolutely will kill Taiwan's agriculture
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Are Granny Smith apples tasty? Flavor and origin introduction
Due to its bright green skin, famous tartness and great versatility in the kitchen, it is one of the most well-known apples. But how much do we really know about the Granny Smith apple? What kind of apple is the Granny Smith? How the Granny Smith apple came to be
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What are the characteristics of Gala apples? Is their production higher than Red Delicious?
Gala apple is a clonally propagated apple variety with a mild, sweet flavor. According to the US Apple Association, in 2018 its production surpassed Red Delicious, making it the most-produced apple variety in the United States.
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Pomelo products lead the way as Madou Farmers' Association sets up a booth at the Hong Kong International Food Fair for the first time
A new look that is refreshing to the eye! The Farmers' Association of Madou District, Tainan City, has given its own pomelo product line a new look, unveiled for the first time on the 2nd. Not only is the outer packaging a new design, but there are also new formulas inside. Sun Cimin, director-general of the Madou District Farmers' Association, said the new formulas for the pomelo flower product line contain more pomelo ingredients and newly added white tea and bergamot, giving the flavor more variety.
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Drought Severely Affects Honey Production: Responding on Three Fronts - Sugar, Beehives, and Bee Colonies
The drought has affected beekeepers' livelihoods. The Council of Agriculture decided to subsidize beekeepers' sugar expenses for feeding bees, remove the per-household cap of 49,000 yuan on beehive assistance, and, once the disaster loss ratio and assistance amount for bee colonies are determined, amend the agricultural natural disaster assistance regulations to include bee colonies
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Wild Mint Spreads Aggressively: How to Handle It and Precautions for Medicinal Use of Mint
Wild mint varieties: out of curiosity, I began studying this plant family a few weeks ago, because the number of wild invasive mint species is impressive, and although they are uninvited, they spread through my lawn and garden. These perennials spread through underground stems
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Taiwan's new edamame variety Kaohsiung No. 12, the secret behind high export volume
Edamame exports have returned to glory, but international competition has never been absent. Taiwan's edamame is mainly exported to Japan, and its main competitors are China and Thailand, which adopt a low-price competition strategy. However, these two places also know how to bring in Taiwanese businessmen.
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Rice policy promotes first-crop rotation and second-crop conversion to landscape crops to stabilize production and sales
At present, the area of first-crop and second-crop rice paddies in our country is about more than 270,000 hectares. Council of Agriculture Minister Chen Chi-chung said in an interview after a press conference on the 24th that, according to estimates by the Agriculture and Food Agency, the rice paddy area must fall to about 250,000 hectares to stabilize market supply and demand. Therefore, the Council of Agriculture is promoting measures such as the "Industrial Adjustment of First-Crop Rice in Water Resource Competitive-Use Areas" and the "Promotion of Converting Rice Paddies in the Second Crop to Landscape Crops," hoping to reduce the rice cultivation area and stabilize rice production and sales.
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Fewer longan and lychee flowers bloom, warm winter effect causes honey production to drop
Affected by the warm winter and drought, this year the flowering rate of lychee and longan is only 20%, and the production of longan honey and lychee honey has also been affected as a result. Cheng Chin-kun, chairman of the Taiwan Beekeepers Association, explained that this year's longan and lychee honey production may be only 10%, and he hopes the Council of Agriculture
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Assessment of halving tariffs on processed imported agricultural and fishery products such as sea scallops and yams
Tariffs on imports of agricultural products and processed foods such as sea scallops, yams, satsuma mandarins, and prepared milk skin could be halved! In response to requests from industry operators, the Ministry of Finance is reviewing the possibility of reducing tariffs on agricultural and fishery products, processed foods, and grain alcohol. Of these, 5 items are related to the Council of Agriculture, and after review the Council of Agriculture's International Division believes the impact on the relevant industries will be limited.
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