The Ministry of Agriculture has invited experts from the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (ABICIAT) to Taiwan for a five-day trip to highlight the government’s commitment to strengthening cooperation on agricultural transition within and beyond the country.

The contingent, led by ABICIAT director Dr. Carlo Fadda, is participating in discussions with academic, governmental and industrial representatives from the domestic agricultural sector. Dialogues center on the ability of biodiversity to facilitate the transformation of modern food systems, as well as how seed systems can enhance diverse production, the MOA said.

ABICIAT is a member of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research and is dedicated to addressing the issues of climate change, deprivation of biodiversity and other environmental problems, while also promoting transition of global food systems through the advancement of biodiversity and sustainable agriculture.

Accompanied by officials from the Agricultural Division of the Taipei Representative Office in the EU and Belgium, Fadda and his delegates are scheduled to visit Taipei-based Academia Sinica, Tainan City-based World Vegetable Center and the Taiwan Banana Research Institute in the southern county of Pingtung. They will also join MOA’s Agency of Rural Development and Soil and Water Conservation, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, and Taiwan Biodiversity Research Institute, among others, for in-depth exchanges.

The MOA added that Taiwan is actively implementing multiple policies including encouraging farmers to farm organically, promoting traceability systems, developing smart agriculture in response to climate change and integrating rural resources. The ministry concluded by saying that through close collaboration with global institutions, more breakthroughs in the protection of biodiversity and the advancement of sustainability can be achieved. 


Source:  Taiwan Today (https://taiwantoday.tw/index.php)