The Political Economy of Development in Taiwan's Eel Farming
Date Issued
2015
Date
2015
Author(s)
Wang, Sing-Huan
Abstract
The main concern of this thesis is the historic context of the development of Taiwan’s eel Farming. Oringinally, Taiwan was an additonal place of eel fry for Japan’s eel Farming. Afterward, the eel Farming was financially supported and subsizeed by the government. Thereafter, the Farming becomes very important. In the process of its development, it was related to the overall economic development of Taiwan , the factor of international politics and economy, the global merchants and competitors, the consumption markets, and the rewards and subsidies from the government. Moreover, the directions of the Farming development was led by the actors, such as the domestic and international merchants, their competitors, the government as well as the consumers, and their interactions. Hence, by means of the actors and their interactions, the thesis is to know the history and the context of the development of Taiwan’s eel Farming, and to analyze the political and economic factors. After understanding the development of the Farming, combing field interviews with key men together with data pulled together from this Farming to conclude that the main issues concerning Taiwan’s eel Farming are orientation toward single market, limitation of natural resources on water and land, shortage of seed of eel and test failure on the levels of chemical residue. All of the above mentioned issues require modest and proactive solutions in order to stabilize the long-term development of Taiwan’s eel Farming. Especially when it comes to the influence of Japanese market on eel price and possibility of the mutual collaboration across straits between Mainland China and Taiwan according to the game theory. If the practice goes well, we can duplicate this module further to all agriculture and fishery products on a full scale across straits, to create a new prospect of mutual benefit on agricultural products. Keywords: shortage of seed of eel, Game theory
Subjects
shortage of seed of eel
Game theory
SDGs
Type
thesis