Changhua County Agricultural Innovation Academy Kicks Off Training; County Magistrate Wei Ming-ku Hopes to Increase Farmers' Income

In order to give young people the confidence and willingness to engage in agricultural production, enhance the vision and value of agriculture, and in conjunction with Changhua County's "106th Year Agricultural Innovation Academy Plan," the Yuanlin City Farmers' Association of Changhua County held the opening ceremony of the 2017 Changhua County Agricultural Innovation Academy on the morning of the 18th at Yuanlin Agricultural and Industrial Vocational High School. Changhua County Magistrate Wei Ming-ku attended and expressed hope that through the Agricultural Innovation Academy, young farmers would be guided in starting businesses, agricultural creativity would be stimulated, and Changhua County's agricultural development would be enhanced.

County Magistrate Wei Ming-ku pointed out that the Agricultural Innovation Academy should combine the creativity of young people and the general public to conduct brainstorming and creative marketing, using online platforms and home delivery channels to let agricultural products go directly from the production end to the sales end, increasing profits and reducing the middleman exploitation of consumers. In the future, more agricultural guidance courses will be offered, and it is hoped that farmers will continue to learn and improve in their spare time, grasp world trends, and thereby grasp the business opportunities in agriculture.

The courses commissioned by the Yuanlin City Farmers' Association and handled by Yuanlin Agricultural and Industrial Vocational High School invited internet marketing experts to teach the core methods of internet marketing, share successful marketing experience, and instruct students in the practical use of 3C products for marketing. It is hoped that through the courses, middleman exploitation can be reduced, farmers' income can be increased, visibility can be expanded, farmers' income can be raised, and every student can gain something from the courses.