RESPONSIVE STRATEGIES OF AGRICULTURAL WATER SECTOR IN TAIWAN

摘要

In addition to increasingly frequent water shortage problems, agricultural water sector is alsornchallenged by environmental issues. The objective of this article is to summarize, as well asrnpropose sustainable strategies for agricultural sector in response to current environmentalrnchallenges.rnFor water shortage problems, which are becoming more and more frequent worldwide includingrnTaiwan, measures for irrigation water, such as extending irrigation periods, decreasing number ofrnirrigation application times, or rotational irrigation, are introduced and discussed. Whenrnborrowing or transfer of water among sectors is needed in Taiwan, it is usually from agriculturalrnirrigation water to other sectors in almost all cases. The maintenance of water right, andrncompensation to farmers for their income loss, are the two major issues. As for environmentalrnchanges, the impact of the accession of Taiwan to WTO (World Trade Organization) is discussedrnspecifically in this article, and a management scheme in order to save irrigation water, whichrncould be used for other purposes, is suggested in this article.