Focus Taiwan
Date:2018/01/21
By: Wang Cheng-chung and Evelyn Kao
Taipei, Jan. 21 (CNA) The estimated agricultural losses resulting from a three-day cold
File photo/photo courtesy of Agriculture Bureau of Kaohsiung City government
spell that hit Taiwan from Jan. 8 had reached NT$100.91 million (US$3.61 million) as of Jan. 19, according to statistics released Friday by the Council of Agriculture (COA).
Damaged crops made up the bulk of the losses, totaling NT$84.96 million over 1,382 hectares of farmland. Especially hard-hit were tomatoes and bell fruit, followed by citrus and jujube.
Kaohsiung suffered the heaviest agricultural losses around Taiwan, with damage estimated at NT$2.41 million, followed by Hsinchu County, which reported NT$1.85 million-worth of losses.
As of late 2017, Taiwan had devoted 3,800 hectares of farmland for bell fruit cultivation, including 2,800 hectares in Pingtung County, ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Chuang Jui-hsiung (莊瑞雄) said, citing COA data. [FULL STORY]