- Establish the “Kaohsiung Agriculture Team” to promote agricultural product processing and cold-chain preservation. Vigorously promote the “Kaohsiung’s Best Choice” brand, expand international distribution channels and e-commerce platforms, and diversify marketing avenues for Kaohsiung’s agricultural products.
- Promote smart agriculture by facilitating modernized agricultural facilities, enhancing production environments, and building agricultural information platforms to assist farmers in production, marketing, and disaster-prevention decisions. Through smart agriculture programs and industry-government-academia collaboration platforms, accelerate the expansion of smart agriculture in Kaohsiung.
- Promote livable, viable, and visitable rural communities by fostering community consensus through participatory engagement. Integrate net-zero concepts into rural industries, natural ecology, and living environments to create sustainable, happy, and attractive rural areas in Kaohsiung.
- Establish comprehensive care systems for pets from birth to end-of-life. Promote animal-friendly spaces based on the spirit of animal welfare and respect for diversity. Guide businesses to provide lawful and quality services, building Kaohsiung into a friendly and happy animal city.
- Facilitate transformation in the livestock and poultry industry by supporting farms in adopting integrated and automated labor-saving systems to enhance sustainable competitiveness. Promote resource recovery and reuse of livestock wastewater to achieve net-zero emissions in the livestock sector.
- Strengthen the organizational capacity of farmers’ associations and improve farmers’ welfare. Expand agricultural insurance coverage to safeguard farming economic stability. Implement incubation programs to support young farmers returning to agriculture, fostering innovation and enhancing agricultural soft power.
- To meet urban development needs, actively evaluate the reconstruction of the Kaohsiung Fruit and Vegetable Market and the integration of the Kaohsiung Meat Market. Establish the “Shennong Market,” a representative agricultural hub in southern Taiwan, providing an interactive platform for farmers and consumers.
- Promote organic and eco-friendly farming to enhance soil carbon sequestration. Through green environmental payments and contract-based production zones, improve production efficiency and foster low-carbon agri-food systems to reduce carbon emissions.
- Support afforestation to increase forest coverage. Introduce sustainable management practices in forest and bamboo areas, implement eco-friendly forest management, and enhance carbon sequestration through afforestation carbon sink demonstration projects.
- Promote “Eat Local, Eat Seasonal” as the core of agri-food education to reduce food mileage and carbon footprint. Encourage dietary choices that support personal health, agricultural sustainability, food safety, and environmental protection, fostering Kaohsiung as a happy and sustainable city.
- Strengthen agricultural safety by promoting the “Three Labels and One QR Code” certification for local agricultural products. Employ plant doctors and agricultural technical service teams, and establish a remote intelligent plant disease diagnostic system to monitor crop health and enhance consumer confidence in Kaohsiung’s agricultural products.
- Strengthen wildlife and habitat conservation management, mitigate human-wildlife conflicts, and promote biodiversity education. Collaboratively protect, restore, and enhance the balance of terrestrial ecosystems to maintain ecological sustainability.
- Improve animal disease diagnostic and prevention capabilities, promote safe veterinary drug use, and enhance professional training for industry operators. Strengthen self-prevention awareness to prevent the spread of major animal infectious diseases and block the intrusion of severe epidemics.
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