The 2022 Bilateral Meeting on the Cooperative Program in Agricultural Sciences between Taiwan and the U.S. was held Aug. 2, highlighting the like-minded partners commitment to bolstering mutually beneficial research ties, according to the Cabinet-level Council of Agriculture.
Convened by the COA and U.S. Department of Agriculture, the daylong event focused on issues concerning crop production and protection; livestock health and rearing; natural resources and sustainable agricultural systems; and nutrition, food safety and food quality.
Major achievements made in collaborative projects include epidemiological research on the porcine Seneca Valley virus and subsequent development of a testing reagent, the continuance of Taiwan’s foot-and-mouth-disease-free status, and research on climate change’s connection to the emergence and reemergence of parasitic diseases, the COA said.
According to the COA, additional important progress was made on two fronts during the meeting, with both sides agreeing to resume fishery and forestry cooperation—which had been stalled for several years—and to boost personnel training and technical exchanges.
Following the Guidelines for Cooperative Programs in the Agricultural Sciences inked between the American Institute in Taiwan and the Coordination Council for North American Affairs in 1986, regular bilateral meetings have been held to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in agricultural science and technologies. (DL-E)
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