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SDG 2.5.3 University access to local farmers and food producers
NCUE has long shared its professional facilities, technology, and service with local farmers and food producers, assisting them with professional knowledge and technical support that improves their business model and sustainable development.
1. NCUE’s Department of Biology offers access to well-planned research rooms and supporting projects.
Local farmers and food producers hoping to improve their sustainable farming practices benefit from the NCUE Department of Biology’s research projects in such areas as the symbiosis between insects and microorganisms, algae engineering, social insects, animal ecology and evolutionary biology, yeast biodiversity and ecological evolution, bionics, molecular neuroendocrinology, molecular biology, plant genetic engineering, molecular health sciences, molecular medicine, free radical biology and biotechnology, bioinformatics, biology teacher training, environmental education, multimedia biology teaching and learning, and brain function and learning. The Department’s teaching and research results have contributed enormously to agricultural improvements.
2. The Department of Geography at NCUE has promoted the planning and research of regional development. Throughout well regional development plans that push ahead overall regional development and environmental conservation, the productivity and the living quality of farmers are improved.
3. The Ministry of Education's project: "Beautiful and Treasured Clams in Fangyuan and Dacheng: Sustainable Industry and Environment Project of Changhua’s Two Cities Amid Climate Change" carried out by NCUE:
The project provided aquaculture operators access to various laboratories, including the Water Quality Analysis Laboratory, Molecular Health Laboratory, Free Radical Laboratory, and Molecular Neuroendocrine Laboratory without any charge. NCUE offered complimentary assistance to Changhua's aquaculture operators with the following services: water quality environmental analysis, aquatic product safety and hygiene testing, white spot disease detection in shrimp, fish disease identification, and quantitative testing. (Please refer to Figure 1)
Figure 1: August 23, 2023 - Bivalve Aquaculture Workshop cooperated with local operators
4. NCUE formed a water quality inspection and monitoring service team to implement a service plan.
In 2020, 18 teachers and students from NCUE formed a water quality inspection and monitoring service team that cooperated with the Fisheries Research Institute and Hungkuang University to provide technical support to the Changhua County Aquaculture Association. The team monitored and inspected 14 fish farms, four coastal inlets, and numerous groundwater wells in Changhua county twice monthly, providing real-time detection and monitoring analyses on water quality and bacteria levels to improve the quality and safety of coastal aquaculture and food systems with technical support. Please refer to Figure 2 for the photos of activities of the service team.
Figure 2: October 16, 2023 - Water Quality and Bacterial Detection Monitoring Workshop
Annexes:
Visit this website for the latest research conducted by NCUE’s Department of Biology:
Visit the NCUE Department of Biology website here: https://biology.ncue.edu.tw/
Visit the NCUE Department of Geography website here: https://geo3w.ncue.edu.tw/intro_021.php
The webpage of Ministry of Education's project: "Beautiful and Treasured Clams in Fangyuan and Dacheng: Sustainable Industry and Environment Project of Changhua’s Two Cities Amid Climate Change": https://www.facebook.com/NCUEUSR/