I. Research strengths – Overview of research landscape in

Taiwan agriculture

II. Introduction to National Taiwan University

Huu-Sheng Lur

盧虎生

National Taiwan University

I. Taiwan’s Agriculture

(Total production value 17 billions USD)

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Taiwan’s agriculture

Where we are? Subtropical to Tropical

Here Taiwan is!

• Area: 36,000 km2 – NS: 394 km – EW: 144 km

• Climate – North: subtropical monsoon – South: tropical monsoon

• Population – 23 millions

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Agricultural Environment/Challenges

Multifaceted terrain

with mountains and

rugged hills covering

two-thirds of the

island

Complex and

diverse ecology

Only about 8,300km2

(23%) of land are

suitable for agriculture

The average farm

covers 1.1 ha

The agricultural sector

is largely composed of

small family farms

** Farmer’s age 62

Located in the

subtropics and tropics

With abundant rainfall,

high temperature and

moisture, typhoon…

Harsh climate

23.436°N, Tropic of Cancer

Effective Productivity +

High Adding Value!

The Core Thinking in Taiwan’s Agriculture-

Creating New Value Chain

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The value chain in agriculture

Information innovation industrialization/marketing

Market

consumer

information

After-ales Service

Core

Technology

(R&D)

Production

(farming…)

Processing

Package

Storage and

Transportation

Market

Management

After-sales

Service

International

Markets

(Market, big data, clouds…)

Interdisciplinary Cooperation

Strength: Agricultural Science has higher impacts

than that of the Other Sciences in Taiwan

(Source: Compiled by Science & Technology Policy Research and

Information Center, National Applied Research Laboratories)

Percentage of published papers taken

up by Taiwan in the world

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Quotation degree of papers over the world

(world average)

• Agricultural R & D budget in 2017 at is about

160 million USD, and 3.1 % of the total budget in Agriculture

• Ministry affiliated 16 research institutes execute 63% of the R & D

budget, and the other research institutes execute the remaining 37%

(15% to NTU)

R & D budget in Agriculture

COA

affiliated 16

research

institutes

the other

research

institutes

(University)

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Budget allocation (in 2015)

Agricultural

Environment 4.4%

Resource

conservation

0.2% Forestry &

Biodiversity 8.8%

Agricultural

Crops

23.0%

International

Cooperation

1.1%

Fishery

9.1%

Animal Industry

7.9%

* Animal & Plant

Health

Inspection and

Quarantine

18.7%

*

Biotechnology

Industrializat

ion

7.7%

Food Processing

2.5%

Agricultural

Policy

3.2%

Technology

Management

7.8%

*ICT

5.4%

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Globalization Enhancement

Current Focus: Accelerating Industrialization

of Agricultural Science and Technology

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- Ornamental Fishes and Accessories

- Pet Foods and Products

- New Plant Varieties and Seedlings - Mushroom Cultivation - Aqua-Culture System - “Smart” Agricultural

Upgrading Traditional Industries

Promoting Food Safety

Incubating Innovative Industries

- Animal Vaccines - Feed Additives - Bio-Pesticides - Diagnosis and

Testing

Tainan City Taiwan Orchid Plantation

Pingtung County

Pingtung Agricultural Biotechnology Park

Agricultural biotechnology park

To promote research development of agricultural technology products

To cultivate talents of agricultural technology

To expedite the transformation of agricultural industry

To enhance marketing functions

One-stop service to industry

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New Agriculture Policy: 2016 –2020

Three Theme Strategic Plans:

I. Bioeconomy

II. Smart Agriculture (Taiwan Agriculture 4.0)

III. Circulation Agriculture

Investing 33 Million US$/year (2016 –

2020)

35 – 45 % allocated to University

Agricultural Bioeconomy

Core innovative

technologies

(new varieties, new

vaccine, new detection

technologies, etc.)

(smart production,

digital service)

Agricultural

Productivity 4.0

Increasing production

efficiency

collaborative &

complementary

• Technology Innovation

• High Production efficiency

• Industry Upgrade

• International competitiveness

Lead to additive benefits of innovative

technologies and production efficiency

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En

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tal

issu

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Issues to be Strengthened in

Key/Pillar Industries (Bioeconomy)

Key issues

Bottlenecks

• New varieties and seedlings of plants & animals

• Genomics applications on agricultural industries

• Health management of plants & animals

• Applications on recycling materials

• Agricultural functional products

• Smart agriculture

Key Industries

• Marker-assisted selection technique • Nutritional adjustment for seedling growth • Genomics database for domestic economic plants & animals

• Application of next generation technologies • New techniques, production processes and products for vaccines

• Applications of bio-chemicals to reduce pesticides use

• Improve rapid testing of chemical residues and plant diseases

• Technologies to recycling agricultural by-products

• Research on functional components and their extraction techniques

• Increase production quality and efficiency

• Increase the use of research results in agricultural industries

• Enlarge farm size to enhance global competitiveness • Breakthrough legislation constraints on industrial

development • Strengthen collection of global agricultural information

and intellectual property rights • Expand capacity and services on industrialization • Foster human resources in cross-domain industries

for domestic and international markets • Expand agribusiness to international markets • New models of industrial market to enhance

globalization

SWOT

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Sci. &

Tech

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issu

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Union of special production districts

Small union of products

Big union of industries

Strategy I: Improve the ability to stably supply of quality

products by innovating the agricultural management

model with Smart Farmers Union (SFU)

New partnership between contractor and agribusiness

Farmers Struggling singly

Smart Farmers Union + Farming by Techs

Smart Farmers Unions

Action Strategies of Smart Agriculture -TA 4.0

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Towards a Taiwan Agriculture 4.0 Era with Smart Science and Technologies

Smart Farmers Union Production Transport/

marketing

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up

cu

ltiva

tion

&

ma

na

gem

ent

Risk warning

& Control

Quality control

Environmental

monitoring

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Cloud management

Consumption

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service

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no

tificatio

n

E-commerce

Strategy II: Build an application model integrating convenient and cost

effective agricultural digital services with value chains via ICTs

Strategy III: Create a new communication model between growers and

consumers via friendly interactive technologies

Growers

/Smart Farmers

Union

Digital managing platform

w/Traceable products +

E-commerce

Consumers

/Digital service Consuming habits

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Action Strategies of Smart Agriculture -TA 4.0

Towards a Taiwan Agriculture 4.0 Era with Smart Science and Technologies

Cooperation Between Taiwan and New Zealand!

• 2013, Agreement between New Zealand and the

Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen,

and Matsu on Economic Cooperation [ANZTEC]

• Agriculture: Zespri model?

• Complementary in between?

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II. Introduction to

National Taiwan University

NTU’s

Motto

create new knowledge

cultivate talents

contribute to society

combine theory & practice

Research Teaching

Service Entrepreneurship

NTU’s

Missions

NTU’s

Milestones

1895 Taiwan Hospital

1897 Taipei Hospital Medical Training Institute

(NTUCM)

1928 Taihoku Imperial University

1945 National Taiwan University

2018 is NTU’s 90th Anniversary!

Electrical Engineering

& Computer Science

Management

Public Health

Social Sciences

Life Science

Liberal Arts

Science

Medicine

Law

Bioresources & Agriculture

Engineering

3 Professional Schools

54 Departments

109 Graduate Institutes

100+Research Centers

NTU at a

Glance

11 Colleges

Engineering &

Technology

Natural

Sciences

Arts &

Humanities

Social

Sciences &

Management

Life Sciences

& Medicine

QS by Subject TOP 50

Rankings 20 Subjects in TOP 50!

23 27 29 37 44

15 Sports

20 Nursing

27 Engin: Electrical

31 Social Policy & Administr

31 Modern Languages

33 Engin: Civil, Structural

33 Chemistry

36 Pharmacy & Pharmacology

37 Physics & Astronomy

38 Law

40 Linguistics

41 Computer Sc & Info Systems

41 Environmental Sc

41 Materials Sc

43 Engin: Mechanical,

Aeronautical & Manufacturing

43 Earth and Marine Sc

45 Engin: Chemical

46 Medicine

49 Politics & Intl Studies

50 Dentistry

(ACADEMIC YEAR)

32,500 students in 2016/2017

undergraduate/graduate ratio = 1:1

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Student

Enrollment

1% of Taiwan

The biggest,

The best !?

NTU Island-wide Campuses

Total NTU land size

35,000 ha (86,000 ac)

= 1% of Taiwan

(3,500,000 hectares)

International NTU

STUDY ABROAD STUDENTS

1,357

DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMS

82

STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

577

INTERNATIONAL FACULTY

233 (7%) 25

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

4,686 77

ENGLISH TAUGHT COURSES

800

PARTNER INSTITUTIONS

576 62

2015 2016

NTU- HAMBURG

2016

NTU-Tokyo

2015

Strategic Partnership: New Zealand?

謝謝！Thank you! 歡迎! Welcome!

NTU-Kyoto

2013

NTU-

2014 2017

2010

2016

NTU-PKU

2014

Strategic Partnership

Pingtung Agricultural

Biotechnology Park

(PABP)

Taiwan Orchid

Plantation

Operated (year) 2005 2006

Area of Park (hectares) 233 175

Budget of capital

construction (million USD) 280 62

Park residents

(Companies) 73 51

Investment of enterprises

(million USD) 192 209

Agricultural biotechnology park

Photos

Union of special production districts

Small union of products

Big union of industries

Strategy I: Improve the ability to stably supply of produce

by innovating the agricultural management model with

Smart Farmers Union (SFU)

New partnership between contractor and agribusiness

Farmers Struggling singly

Smart Farmers Union + Farming by Techs

Smart Farmers Unions

Action Strategies of Smart Agriculture -TA 4.0

9

Towards a Taiwan Agriculture 4.0 Era with Smart Science and Technologies

Smart Farmers Union Production Transport/

marketing

Gro

up

cu

ltiva

tion

&

ma

na

gem

ent

Risk warning

& Control

Quality control

Environmental

monitoring

Dec

ision

su

pp

ortin

g

Pro

du

ction

-m

ark

eting

reg

ula

tion

Flex

ible su

pp

ly

an

d sa

le

Sm

art lo

gistics

Cloud management

Consumption

Tra

ceab

ility

service

Info

rma

tion

p

ush

no

tificatio

n

E-commerce

Strategy II: Build an application model integrating convenient and

diversified agricultural digital services with value chains via ICTs

Strategy III: Create a new communication model between growers and

consumers via friendly interactive technologies

Growers

/Smart Farmers

Union

Digital managing platform

w/Traceable products +

E-commerce

Consumers

/Digital service Consuming habits

10

Action Strategies of Smart Agriculture -TA 4.0

Towards a Taiwan Agriculture 4.0 Era with Smart Science and Technologies

Agricultural Bioeconomy

Core innovative

technologies

(new varieties, new

vaccine, new detection

technologies, etc.)

(smart production,

digital service)

Agricultural

Productivity 4.0

Increasing production

efficiency

collaborative &

complementary

• Technology Innovation

• High Production rate

• Industry Upgrade

• International competitiveness

Lead to additive benefits of innovative

technologies and production efficiency

32

En

vir

on

men

tal

issu

es

Issues to be Strengthened in

Key/Pillar Industries

Key issues

Bottlenecks

• New varieties and seedlings of plants & animals

• Genomics applications on agricultural industries

• Health management of plants & animals

• Applications on recycling materials

• Agricultural functional products

• Smart agriculture

Key Industries

• Marker-assisted selection technique • Nutritional adjustment for seedling growth • Genomics database for domestic economic plants & animals

• Application of next generation technologies • New techniques, production processes and products for vaccines

• Applications of bio-chemicals to reduce pesticides use

• Improve rapid testing of chemical residues and plant diseases

• Technologies to recycling agricultural by-products

• Research on functional components and their extraction techniques

• Increase production quality and efficiency

• Increase the use of research results in agricultural industries

• Enlarge farm size to enhance global competitiveness • Breakthrough legislation constraints on industrial

development • Strengthen collection of global agricultural information

and intellectual property rights • Expand capacity and services on industrialization • Foster human resources in cross-domain industries

for domestic and international markets • Expand agribusiness to international markets • New models of industrial market to enhance

globalization

SWOT

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Sci. &

Tech

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issu

es

Str

ate

gy 1

S

tra

teg

ies

2–

4