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Through modern irrigation and agricultural cultivation techniques, Taiwan would soon become the advanced rice producing country in East Asia between 1930s to the 1950s. [91] In 1940, Taiwan produced more than 50 times its fair share of rice in terms of total proportion and 3.3 times its share in the total world population at that time.
This is a timeline of Taiwanese history, ... Taipei's rice market closes due to a riot ... Population of Taiwan reaches 10 million [111] 1960:
In the 1950s, the ROC government, retreated to Taiwan after losing the Chinese Civil War, carried out land reform policies such as the 37.5% Arable Rent Reduction Act. [1] [2] In the 1960s, the agrarian economy was replaced with light industry as small and medium enterprises started to form.
Rice consumption in Taiwan reached a height of 80-90 kilograms per person per year in the 1960s and 1970s before falling as consumers shifted consumption to wheat-based foods. However, the Taiwanese still consume a large quantity of rice, particularly brown rice and exotic varieties like black, purple, and red rice.
It is the most valuable cash crop in Taiwan. [20] The quality of Taiwanese rice is extremely high. [21] Before the Japanese colonial period most rice grown in Taiwan was long-grained Indica rice, the Japanese introduced short-grained Japonica which quickly changed both the farming and eating patterns of the Taiwanese. [21]
Hsieh is considered the "Father of Dominican Rice" for his work on the development of several rice varieties and technologies . [3] [4] [5] [6]In Taiwan, Doctor Hsieh worked in the development of several rice varieties, [7] including Kaohsiung 22, [8] Kaohsiung 24, [9] Kaohsiung 25, [10] Kaohsiung 27, [11] Kaohsiung 53, [12] Kaohsiung 64, [13] Kaohsiung 136, [14] y Kaohsiung 137.
Penglai rice (Chinese: 蓬萊米, hông-lâi-mí), also called Ponglai or Hōrai rice, is the most popular rice cultivar in Taiwan. It accounts for over 90% of local rice production, far more than the two other major types of rice planted and consumed in Taiwan, zailai rice and glutinous rice.
IR8 is a high-yielding semi-dwarf rice variety developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the early 1960s. It was developed by an IRRI team consisting of Peter Jennings, Hank Beachell, Akira Tanaka, T.T. Chang, S.K. De Datta, and Robert Chandler.