In order to facilitate the industrialization of the agriculture in Taiwan, this research will firstly introduce the environment of the agricultural development, and then divide the agricultural proprietors into three groups, which are traditional farmers, farmers’ associations and agribusiness, presenting the problems faced by these groups and the policy and mechanisms of the Taiwan agricultural authority. Secondly, this research will extensively gather the related policies and mechanisms of foreign agricultural authorities and private entities. After analyzing the problems of the three groups and the foreign experience, this research will also take into consideration the opinions of the proprietors, and finally give some suggestions about the strategy and approaches to guiding the industrialization of agriculture in Taiwan.
The suggestions include:
1、For the traditional farmers: This research suggests that the individual farmers may increase the scale of their businesses through horizontal combination with each other, or through vertical combination with upstream or downstream proprietors.
2、For the farmers’ associations: This research suggests the agricultural authority to complete the laws dealing with the farmers’ association, to encourage local associations to combine with each other, and to enhance the business and the human resources of the farmers’ associations.
3、For the agribusinesses: This research suggests the agricultural authority to encourage the establishment of local professional agribusiness, to promote the products of the agribusinesses which are of acceptable standard, and to provide loans with low interest rate.