Losses in the area are not small. When one farmer last year had his harvest of corn and sweet potatoes reduced from 700 kilos a year to just 70, he was so angry he switched completely to betel nuts.
安通山區農民因此損失不小，去年有位農民的玉米、蕃薯收成，由前年的七百公斤降為七十公斤，氣不過，乾脆改種檳榔。