President Tsai Ing-wen met with the winners of the 2019 Agricultural Pilot Projects on Monday. She said that Taiwan’s agricultural industry has become more creative, diverse and full of vitality. She commended the winners for being “agricultural heroes” for Taiwan.
Tsai said the government will continue to promote policies to encourage young people to go back to their hometowns in rural areas and help develop local industries.
She said the government will use marketing and technology to renew and upgrade the agricultural industry. The president said that helping the agricultural sector is a major goal of the administration.