Sheu says that a survey last year on Okinawa indicated that their food traceability system had increased farmers 'profits by 20 %, exactly offsetting the initial cost of setting up the system. Moreover, the cost of setting up farm-to-fork systems in the Japanese market is coming down, so the outlook for profit growth appears bright.
許輔指出，去年底日本在琉球縣的調查顯示，建立生產履歷制度的農家，利潤可提高 2 成，與建制生產履歷的初期成本剛好抵銷，而以日本市場來說，建制成本已經逐步下降，未來收益成長可觀。