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In the early 1950s, agriculture was Taiwan's largest economic sector and the vast majority of Taiwanese were farmers. [9] The government extended agricultural facilities and introduced the land reform program under the Sino-American Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction. By 1956, agricultural land accounted for 34% of Taiwan's land use. [6]
Chen Junne-jih (Chinese: 陳駿季; born 1958) is a Taiwanese agronomist and politician who currently serves as the Agriculture Minister of Taiwan [1] since 2023, first as acting and then formally appointed minister in the Cho cabinet in 2024.
In January–May 2016, he was appointed as the chairperson of Rural Economics Society of Taiwan. On 20 May 2016, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Council of Agriculture and served until 13 January 2019 before he was appointed Minister the day after.
Along with climate and corresponding types of vegetation, the economy of a nation also influences the level of agricultural production. Production of some products is highly concentrated in a few countries, China, the leading producer of wheat and ramie in 2013, produces 95% of the world's ramie fiber but only 17% of the world's wheat.
The discovery of a case of BSE in the United States in December 2003 caused the Council of Agriculture in Taiwan to ban the import of beef and lamb products from the United States. [2] The ban was lifted in April 2005, [ 3 ] and reapplied to beef in June 2005 when a second case of BSE was discovered. [ 4 ]
The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA; Chinese: 農業部; pinyin: Nóngyè Bù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lông-gia̍p-pō͘) of Taiwan, formerly the Council of Agriculture, is the ministry under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China in charged with overseeing affairs related to agriculture, forestry, fishery, animal husbandry and food affairs. [2]
As of 2013, Taiwan's agriculture was a mixture of crops (47.88%), livestock (31.16%), fishery (20.87%), and forestry (0.09%). [126] Since its accession into the World Trade Organization and the subsequent trade liberalization, the government has implemented new policies to develop the sector into a more competitive and modernized green industry.
The Taiwan Agricultural Research institute is a research institute in Taiwan under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture. History