Promote the place of production certification "national surname coffee" to win the first place.

Nantou County, which has grown coffee on hundreds of hectares, is the first to receive a certificate of origin, hoping to bring another wave of growth to the coffee industry.

After the September 21 earthquake, a group of enthusiastic farmers gradually transformed the betel nut mountain into a coffee plantation. They worked hard to make the coffee trees grow and bear fruit. Over the years, they persisted in picking and roasting coffee trees by hand, which gradually became popular with consumers and won prizes in coffee competitions. According to the Kuo-ming Township Office, Kuo-ming coffee has been planted for more than 10 years and covers an area of 150 hectares. It is the township with the largest coffee production in Taiwan. After the increase in farmers 'income in recent years, the number of planted trees has increased by about 8700 this year, with a growth rate of 14%. The industry is booming day by day. In order to upgrade and increase the value of the national coffee industry, the Nantou County government, the township government and coffee farmers reached a consensus on implementing the origin certificate label. After farmers 'communication and coordination, the establishment and application of the origin certificate label were finally approved on June 1, becoming the first Taiwanese coffee producing area to promote the origin certificate label system.

"Guo surname coffee" origin seal pattern, with green mountain represents the country surname good mountain good water, brown pier represents the township third-class historical site glutinous rice bridge, the upper right coffee bean pattern is from the country surname high-altitude mountain produced high-quality coffee. In the morning, the township government invited coffee farmers to hold an explanation meeting. Township head Lin Fu-feng says that in the future coffee farmers will have to pass strict testing standards, pesticide residue testing, sensory evaluation, and other requirements before they can be issued a stamp by the township government. Although the process is arduous, with a stamp of approval, consumers will definitely be more positive, and prices will be more attractive.

At the briefing, coffee farmers welcomed the implementation of the origin certification system, but because about half of the coffee planted in the leased forest class, according to regulations can not be included in the scope of origin certification, coffee farmers therefore suggested relaxing the certification of the land, the representatives of the Agricultural Food Administration agreed to invite relevant units to discuss and seek a breakthrough.

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