With growing emphasis placed on intellectual property rights and in the spirit of the Basic Law on Science and Technology, the COA in 2001 introduced its Guidelines on the Ownership and Use of Council of Agriculture Research Results, which govern how research results and techniques developed by the COA can be transferred to the private sector for production and marketing.
近年智慧財產權受到重視，農委會根據「科技基本法」精神，在民國 90 年研訂了「農委會科學技術研究發展成果歸屬及運用辦法」，將研發成果以有價方式轉移到民間，轉換為具有市場價值的商品。