In order to upgrade agricultural science and technology level and promote the transformation of agricultural industries, the competent authorities shall supervise and request their respective affiliated agricultural research and experiment institutes to strengthen the cooperation between research and experiment sectors and agricultural industry sectors and to promote the technology development in agricultural industries.
In completing the research effort of agricultural technology for the development of agricultural industries, the central competent authority shall strengthen the management and application of intellectual property rights on agricultural technology and shall guide in establishing centers of innovation and education.
The guidance of establishing the incubation centers as stated in the preceding paragraph would be formulated, if necessary, by the central competent authority.

To meet the needs of agricultural development, the central authorities shall, in concert with the central authorities of education and technology, formulate agricultural research, education and extension plans with respect to agricultural experiment, research, education, training and extension, for the purpose of ensuring and increase agricultural competitiveness.
Budgets shall be prepared by the central authority for awarding scholarship to youngsters who wish to engage in agricultural business for helping them study in agricultural schools and colleges; and agricultural training shall be strengthened in order to enhance the standards of agricultural science and technology and agricultural management.
Public extension of agriculture as conducted by the competent authorities shall be listed as the expenditure of public extension in the budget.

In expanding the scale of farm operation and encouraging farmers to change their career paths, the competent authorities shall, in concert with the competent vocational training authorities, provide vocational training for farmers who resign from farming, and assist them in seeking a new career.

In strengthening agricultural extension and perfecting the functions of all designated agencies, the competent authorities shall appoint specialized units or staffs of agricultural extensions to organize agricultural extension activities, and may, if necessary, commission agricultural schools and colleges, farmers' organizations, agricultural corporation, agricultural organizations, and corporation or organizations concerned and communities to organize the same and to provide necessary guidance, supervision and appraisal.
Regulations for the agricultural extension activities shall be formulated by the central authority.

Persons who provide the services of agricultural extensions may collect fees.

In strengthening the extension and utilization of the efforts from agricultural experimentation and research and establishing life-long education systems for farmers, the competent authorities shall build up an integral system of agricultural extensions and consolidate the developments such as the training of farming practices, improvement of living, guidance for youngsters, transmission of information and development of farm villages.
The central authority should appoint a professional unit, to plan and engage in the developments such as agricultural extensions, education and training of professional manpower in agriculture and information transmission.

The competent authorities shall reward those persons who contribute to the development of agriculture through agricultural experimentation, research, education and extension. The regulations for granting the said rewards shall be formulated by the central competent authority.