Crops and food security- experiences and perspectives from Taiwan  

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Chen-Te, Huang ; Tzu-Yu, Richard Fu ; Su-San, Chang

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 18 no. 04 (2009), page 520-526.
Topik: NUTRITION; crop production; food security; food system; self-sufficiency ratio; food policy

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: A27.K.2009.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Food security is an important issue that is of concern for all countries around the world. There are many factors which may cause food insecurity including increasing demand, shortage of supply, trade condition, another countries’ food policy, lack of money, high food- and oil prices, decelerating productivity, speculation, etc. The food self-sufficiency ratio of Taiwan is only 30.6% weighted by energy in 2007. Total agriculture imports and cereals have increased significantly due to the expansion of livestock and fishery industries and improve living standard. The agriculture sector of Taiwan is facing many challenges, such as: low level of food self-sufficiency, aging farmers, large acreage of set-aside farmlands, small scale farming, soaring price of fertilizers, natural dis-asters accelerated by climate change, and rapid changes in the world food economy. To cope with these chal-lenges, the present agricultural policy is based on three guidelines: “Healthfulness, Efficiency, and Sustainabil-ity.” A program entitled “Turning Small Landlords into Large Tenants” was launched to make effective use of idle lands. Facing globalization and the food crisis, Taiwan will secure stable food supply through revitalization of its set-aside farmlands and international markets, and provide technical assistance to developing countries, in particular for staple food crops.

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