Agriculture Headlines (November 1- November 7, 2022)
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1. COA helps grouper open the U.S. market
To introduce Taiwan grouper to the US market, Taiwan Trade Center hosted a press conference at Alexander’s Steakhouse in California on Oct, 25th 2022. This event was initiated by the Council of Agriculture and cooperated with Michelin star chef Claude Le Tohic. By using Taiwan grouper, the chef demonstrated various techniques and recipes in fusion cooking.
2. Taiwan looks to mass produce world's first biopesticide
On November 1st , The Council of Agriculture announced that Taiwan has developed a toxin-free biopesticide that can protect crops against intractable pests and will become the fist country to mass produce such a product. The research on the biopesticide, which is based on photorhabdus luminescens, a bacterial insect pathogen, has borne fruit after 18 years of hard work by Taiwan Agricultural Chemicals and Toxic Substances Research Institute.