Jiyuanpu officially left the venue on June 15, and the Council of Agriculture promoted the production and marketing resume mark, participated in the verification of subsidy, and gave priority to auction in the fruit and vegetable wholesale market area.

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The Jiyuan Garden logo, which has been in use for more than 30 years, will officially exit on June 15 this year! In order to integrate the labeling system and improve food safety standards, the Council of Agriculture abolished the Jiyuan Garden labeling system and encouraged farmers to upgrade to production and marketing resume certification seals. In addition to heavily subsidizing verification fees, the annual environmental payment of 15000 yuan per hectare was increased this year, and special areas were set up in six major fruit and vegetable wholesale markets to give priority to auctioning production and marketing resumes and organic fruit and vegetable items. Chen Jizhong, chairman of the Council of Agriculture, stressed that after the label is upgraded, it will be a better guardian for domestic fruits and vegetables, and can also create higher income for farmers.

At the joint unveiling ceremony of the "production and marketing resume and organic agriculture, vegetable and fruit area" of the fruit and vegetable wholesale market, the fourth from the left is Weng Zhenyi, general manager of North Agriculture, and the fifth from the left is Hu Zhongyi, director of Agriculture and Food. (photo / Lin Xiejun)

Farmers with badges in Jiyuan Garden can apply for subsidies from the Council of Agriculture for the transformation.

As the Jiyuan Garden logo is about to leave, the Agriculture and Food Department provides a dual plan for the production and marketing staff to choose. Hu Zhongyi, director of the Agriculture and Food Administration, said that those who participate in the production and marketing curriculum vitae verification system can receive the above subsidies; as for those who are participating in the curriculum vitae preparatory period, they can also apply for the following subsidies: those who pass the curriculum vitae preparatory period can also apply for the following subsidies: when purchasing crop safety and quality management materials, each person will receive a subsidy of 2000 yuan, as well as a subsidy of 500 yuan per production batch for information access service fee until October 31 this year.

Lai Xinyu, Commissioner of Jijian Fruit and vegetable Transportation and Marketing Cooperative in Kaohsiung City, which mainly grows Indian dates and guavas, shared his experience on upgrading. He said that at present, half of the cooperatives have changed from Jiyuan nursery to production and marketing resume certification, and upgrading can better obtain the purchasing willingness of the channel. He is also happy to see the establishment of a "production and marketing resume and organic fruit and vegetable zone" in the fruit and vegetable market. "priority auctions are more visible to buyers and increase our exposure." He believes that consumers have higher and higher requirements for food safety, and agricultural products that meet the production and marketing curriculum vitae certification can gain public confidence and help to expand international orders.

Production and marketing resumes agricultural products should be produced in accordance with Taiwan's good Agricultural practices (TGAP), and the production process information should be made public, so that the safety level of agricultural products from farm to table can be improved. However, in the past, many farmers reflected that the procedures for applying for production and marketing resume certification are very cumbersome, and the requirements of each certification company are not the same, and many old farmers will not fill out forms, which greatly reduces their willingness to apply.

In this regard, Lai Hsin-Yu points out: "by collective procurement of materials and unified records by cooperatives, the cumbersome procedures that farmers need to bear can be reduced." For example, if farmers register with a co-operative to pick up pesticides, they will soon carry out spraying operations. If they receive fruit and vegetable bags, they will have a need for bagging, and farmers will also prune fruit trees before bagging. "We all have records here. Farmers can make reference, and we will also help and teach them how to register online."