Current State of China's Seed Exports and Taiwan's Seed Export Ranking; Taiwan Also to Promote Organic Seeds

Under the impact of global climate change, many countries are paying increasing attention to the quality of seed production in order to maintain crop yields. According to statistics from the International Seed Federation, Taiwan ranks 22nd in the world in seed exports, and its export volume has grown year after year, with most exports going to India, the mainland, Thailand, Vietnam and other countries, mainly leafy vegetables, melons and gourds, and solanaceous crops.

Taiwan Also to Promote Organic Seeds
According to statistics from the Council of Agriculture, Taiwan's organic cultivation area has now reached 8,854 hectares, mainly rice and vegetables. However, Taiwan still has no qualified organic seed production base to date, and most organic seeds are currently imported from the United States, Japan, Canada and other countries. Therefore, in response to the growing domestic and international demand for organic cultivation, seed and seedling farms have in recent years invested in the production and technical development of organic seeds.

Zhong Wenquan, deputy director of the seed and seedling farm, said that in addition to the conditions required during cultivation, organic farming actually requires isolation, pesticide spraying and other regulations at the seed production stage, so producing organic seeds is not as simple as imagined. Therefore, the seed and seedling farm plans to set up a 30-hectare organic seed production base within 3 to 5 years.

The seed and seedling farm said that in the future the EU will pass a new law on organic agriculture, adopting the principle of "compliance": as long as products from around the world are produced in accordance with EU regulations, they can all be imported and sold in the EU, and at the same time it also requires an increase in the supply of organic seeds and seedlings. At present, more and more farmers and businesses in the country are entering the organic market and striving for transformation, which is bound to set off a wave of a "green gold industry" of organic seed production in the future.