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Supports smallholder rice farmers in Taiwan to adopt biodiversity-friendly farming through innovative agricultural services and sustainable market access.
In Taiwan, more farmers are showing interest in eco-friendly rice farming, but switching to these methods is challenging. Rice growers deal with labour shortages, higher costs, and stubborn pests like golden apple snails. Many still use chemical molluscicides to protect their crops, even though these harm the environment.
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Location
Taiwan
Programme
Joint Impact Accelerator for Better Agrifood
in partnership with Social Enterprise Insights
Website
https://www.scienceinfield.com/
Taiwan
Programme
Joint Impact Accelerator for Better Agrifood
in partnership with Social Enterprise Insights
Website
https://www.scienceinfield.com/
Those who try to support biodiversity often spend many hours removing snails and weeds by hand, which makes it difficult to sustain. Even when they succeed, it can be tough to find markets that value and reward their efforts.
Mr Eco-Agriculture started with the goal of showing that productive farming and healthy ecosystems can go hand in hand. The team, made up of experts in ecology, conservation, and agricultural research, created Taiwan's first eco-transplanting service. This new method helps farmers use fewer chemicals and need less labour. By changing the way rice seedlings are transplanted, they enable farmers to manage pests naturally and make eco-friendly farming more practical and affordable.
Mr Eco-Agriculture believes that sustainable agriculture needs a full system that links producers, consumers, and the environment. So, in addition to offering farming services and training, it works with businesses and consumers to build demand for eco-friendly rice and farming that supports biodiversity. By turning farm ecological data into useful ESG partnerships and sustainability projects, the organisation creates new value that benefits farming communities.
The results are already clear. The eco-transplanting system has cut rice seedling losses by 45%, helping farmers save on production costs and use fewer chemicals. Farmers who use this method save about 150 hours of labour per hectare that would have gone to remove snails and weeds. So far, Mr Eco-Agriculture has worked with about 60 small rice farmers.
Mr Eco-Agriculture believes that nature is an asset. Healthy rice fields can provide food, support wildlife, improve water quality, and offer valuable environmental data all at once. Its long-term goal is to create a strong farming system where farmers can earn a steady income while helping restore the natural ecosystems that farming relies on.
Programme support
Through the JIABA programme, Mr Eco-Agriculture will be supported in improving its brand storytelling, building better systems for verifying and measuring impact, expanding its marketing, and connecting sustainable rice production with consumers and corporate ESG buyers. The organisation aims to show that farming that supports biodiversity can make a real environmental difference while remaining profitable at scale.
Mr Eco-Agriculture started with the goal of showing that productive farming and healthy ecosystems can go hand in hand. The team, made up of experts in ecology, conservation, and agricultural research, created Taiwan's first eco-transplanting service. This new method helps farmers use fewer chemicals and need less labour. By changing the way rice seedlings are transplanted, they enable farmers to manage pests naturally and make eco-friendly farming more practical and affordable.
Mr Eco-Agriculture believes that sustainable agriculture needs a full system that links producers, consumers, and the environment. So, in addition to offering farming services and training, it works with businesses and consumers to build demand for eco-friendly rice and farming that supports biodiversity. By turning farm ecological data into useful ESG partnerships and sustainability projects, the organisation creates new value that benefits farming communities.
The results are already clear. The eco-transplanting system has cut rice seedling losses by 45%, helping farmers save on production costs and use fewer chemicals. Farmers who use this method save about 150 hours of labour per hectare that would have gone to remove snails and weeds. So far, Mr Eco-Agriculture has worked with about 60 small rice farmers.
Mr Eco-Agriculture believes that nature is an asset. Healthy rice fields can provide food, support wildlife, improve water quality, and offer valuable environmental data all at once. Its long-term goal is to create a strong farming system where farmers can earn a steady income while helping restore the natural ecosystems that farming relies on.
Programme support
Through the JIABA programme, Mr Eco-Agriculture will be supported in improving its brand storytelling, building better systems for verifying and measuring impact, expanding its marketing, and connecting sustainable rice production with consumers and corporate ESG buyers. The organisation aims to show that farming that supports biodiversity can make a real environmental difference while remaining profitable at scale.