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ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT PRESSURE AND 

AGRICULTURAL GRAIN CONSUMPTION EFFICIENCY

Shang-Han Tsai

Department of Plant Industry, 

National Pingtung University of Science and Technology

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Chun-Nan Lin*

Department of Agribusiness Management, 

National Pingtung University of Science and Technology

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Pei-Ning Lai

Department of Agribusiness Management, 

National Pingtung University of Science and Technology

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Ke-Chung Peng

Department of Agribusiness Management, 

National Pingtung University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

Agriculture, throughout the world and history, has been the basic industry. To probe the effect of consuming agricultural grain on the ecological footprint in Taiwan, this study analyzed the data of agricultural grain consumed from 2007 to 2016. The results demonstrated that the ecological footprint of agricultural grain consumed increased by 1.02-fold between 2007 and 2016, and the average ecological footprint of agricultural grain consumption was 0.1783 ha per capita. In addition, the carrying arable land area was 0.0347 ha per capita, and it reduced by 1.1-fold. However, the ratio of agricultural grain ecological footprint to the arable land area increased by 1.3-fold. Compared with over 1.2-fold with Taiwan’s land area between 2007 and 2016. Thus, the ecological footprint of agricultural grain consumption has made it impossible for all of Taiwan to carry it out. However, ecological stress and intensity also exhibit the efficiency of agricultural grain consumption and have reduced gradually since 2013, and the economic value per unit area has reduced continuously.

Keywords: Agricultural grain consumed, Ecological footprint, Ecological Pressure, Ecological stress, Ecological intensity.

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