Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/06
By: S.M. Yang and Flor Wang
Taipei, Nov. 6 (CNA) A group of 50 people has been recruited by the Council of
Lin Tsung-hsien (林聰賢)
Agriculture (COA) to help the local dairy farming sector, which like many other old-economy businesses is plagued by a manpower shortage.
COA chief Lin Tsung-hsien (林聰賢) said the approach is one of the ways the council is trying to lure new blood into agriculture to avoid having to bring in foreign workers to fill the manpower gap.
“The government would only consider allowing in migrant workers as a last resort to prevent a hollowing-out of Taiwan’s rural areas,” Lin said.
The 50 men recruited will be sent to help at local dairy farms for a six-month period after being trained for one month, said Chu Chien-wei (朱建偉), head of the COA’s Department of Farmers’ Services. [FULL STORY]
