Taiwan: The cultivation of rice and miscellaneous grains is like "two ends of a seesaw" in land use

Rice is Taiwan's oldest and most important crop. Taiwan is also the only country in the world that has implemented a guaranteed rice purchase system. Although it stabilizes farmers' income, it has also caused controversies such as increased government financial burden and overproduction of rice. In recent years, the government has promoted rice Switching to miscellaneous grains, hoping to ease the high dependence on imported goods. Chen Yuhui, a professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics of National Taiwan University, believes that rice and miscellaneous grain policies are difficult to separate, and planning also needs to incorporate the perspectives of different departments to comprehensively consider the future of rice and grain policies. "In fact, around 2007, we once had the opportunity to cancel the guaranteed price purchase of public grains and change it to a direct payment system." Chen Yuhui, who has participated in WTO multilateral negotiations and is familiar ...