Take grapes for example. With fertilizer, overall management and chemical pesticides, grapes can now be harvested three times a year, with very high yields. Grafting of temperate zone pears from the mountains with Hengshan pears from the plains makes it possble to harvest temperate zone pears much earilier, greatly raising farm incomes. Wax apples used to be available only in summer, and quality was often poor due to warm temperatures and heavy rainfall. With growth stimulants and other treatments, it is now possible to harvest them at the end of each year and again at the beginning of the next year-and the are firmer and sweeter as well, raising their value.
Chrysanthemums are a major export flower.
This makes exporting much easier. Taiwan is a world leaderin aquaculture. The government has set aside areas suitable for aquaculture development, promoted automation, encouraged the use of biotechnology and improved the sales network. Taiwan is surrounded by sea, so mariculture, especially for oysters and marine fin fises cage culture, is getting its share of attention as well. Subsistence fishery is the main conponent of coastal and inshore fisheries, especially managed by the combination of conservation and utilization principles for fish resources.