Agriculture Headlines (October 13th, 2023-October 19, 2023)
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- Meat edges out grains in local diet: Taiwanese ate more meat than grains last year for the first time since food consumption statistics started being collected, a Ministry of Agriculture report published on October 18 showed. Taiwanese on average ate 87.4kg of rice, wheat and other grains last year, slightly less than the 87.5kg of meat they consumed, the ministry said, adding that average annual grain consumption fell by 1.9kg from the previous year. This means that on average, most people’s daily energy intake came from animal protein containing 421.8 kilocalories (kcal), while grains accounted for 416.8kcal, it said.
- Agricultural ambassadors head south: 24 young agricultural ambassadors are to leave for Indonesia and the Philippines at the end of October to promote agricultural cooperation with the two New Southbound Policy countries.