Published April 28th, 2008
Food Situation in Taiwan
(The following are the data from Dr. Wenchi Huang of TaiwanDHRRA in response to a survey questionnaire sent by WRF on the food crisis and the situation of farmers in Asia.)
With regard to the food price issues, here is the answer to the following questions for Taiwan.
The information is based on the recently released statistics by various government agencies (the statistical data are available from the website of the COA):
(1) The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is from the “Price Statistics Monthly in Taiwan Area, R.O.C.,” Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS), Executive Yuan.
(2) For the rice price information is from the Agriculture and Food Agency of the Council of Agriculture (AFA of COA)
The Taiwan Dairy Farmers’ Association (TDFA) became the newest member of AFA after the Execom decided to accept its application during the 19th AFA Execom Meeting held at the Partnership Center in Quezon City, Philippines last June 15, 2007.
