Ruisui Township Farmers ’ Association promoter Gan Xianzhang notes with a sense of helplessness that Ruisui Township encountered two major obstacles in its promotional work. One was a low level of willingness among farmers: with relatively low tea yields in Ruisui, the leaves sell quickly once they hit the market, all without the need for farmers to pay the application fees.
花蓮縣瑞穗鄉農會推廣股股長甘賢璋無奈地指出，瑞穗鄉在推動產地證明時遭遇 2 大瓶頸，一是農民的意願不強，由於瑞穗茶產量不多，一上市就被搶光，農民沒有必要付費申請產地證明。