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Taiwan: Green environmental benefits have been promoted for five years, the second phase of the wet rice harvest is nearly 1,300 yuan

Rice
Published Dec 2, 2023

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The Ministry of Agriculture in Taiwan has implemented a "green environmental payment" policy to encourage the conversion of rice fields into cereal crops. This has resulted in a sharp decrease in rice cultivation area, with wet rice prices reaching a historical high. The policy aims to promote organic and friendly farming, create habitat environments, and protect endangered species and important habitats.
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In order to maintain excellent farmland resources and ecology, promote organic and friendly agriculture, and adjust the agricultural industry structure, the Ministry of Agriculture has promoted the "green environmental payment" policy since 2017 to encourage the conversion of rice fields into cereal crops that can replace imports. This year, the rice cultivation area is about 223,000 hectares, a decrease of nearly 50,000 hectares compared with previous years, and the price of wet rice for the second phase can reach 1,270 to 1,280 yuan per 100 kilograms (cut), the highest in history; through the stacking payment of "ecological service payment", farmers are encouraged to cultivate friendly farming to create a habitat environment , Taiwan's native greenfish and frogs are back. Due to sufficient water for agriculture, the "regional cropping rotation" policy for rice cultivation will be suspended for one year next year. The first phase of cropping in the joint rotation area is not ...
Source: Agriharvest
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