The center's main research focus has changed from its early days. Sweet potato and potato research work has been transferred over to the new International Potato Center due to AVRDC's lack of funds and pressure from the PRC. Samson Chou says, sadly, "They have 42 people with PhD degrees, we only have two. How can we compare?
除了綠豆之外，亞蔬中心的主力研究比起早年已有許多調整，設立時的甘薯、馬鈴薯由於亞蔬中心財務上的艱困和中共在國際方面的施壓，馬鈴薯國際中心已將這兩個研究接手過去，「他們有四十二個 Ph.D.，我們只有兩個，怎麼比？