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■AGRICULTURE

Rice crop going strong

The first crop of rice this year is going strong, as production per hectare is at an all-time high and rice prices have increased by more than 10 percent compared with the same time last year, the Council of Agriculture (COA) said yesterday. Because of good weather this year, the average production of rice per hectare of land is 6,855kg, which is more than the production amount in any previous year, the council said, adding that the 1.06 tonne total yield would be enough to supply the nation for the season. The year’s harvest averages NT$20.04 per kilogram, the council said.



■FORESTRY

Bureau backs wildlife films

The Forestry Bureau has launched a program aimed at soliciting applications from people wishing to shoot wildlife films in Taiwan in an effort to present the country’s natural beauty and ecology, bureau officials said on Wednesday. The purpose of the program is to encourage individuals and civic groups to submit applications before Sept. 15 to shoot documentary films on the country’s species and habitats, the officials said. The bureau will provide a maximum of NT$1 million (US$31,850) in subsidies per year to individuals and civic groups.



■EDUCATION

NTNU offers hospitality PhD

National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), which in the past cultivated teachers for the nation, is now seeking to develop other educational avenues for students after it established a graduate institute of hospitality yesterday. Sun Yu-hua (孫瑜華), director of the Graduate Institute of Hospitality Management and Education, said the school was the first to run a PhD program in hospitality management.
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