Chen Wu-hsiong, the head of the Council of Agriculture's Planning Department, points out that peanuts and garlic are crops grown in coastal regions of the south. Dried lilies and mushrooms are traditional crops grown in mountainous regions of eastern and central Taiwan. These areas share the characteristic of being relatively poor and barren and not well suited for growing other crops. Furthermore, families have farmed the same land for generations.
農委會企劃處處長陳武雄指出，花生、大蒜是南部沿海地區，金針、香菇是東部及中部山區的傳統作物，共同的特色都是當地土地比較貧瘠、轉作其他作物比較難，且農民世代種植，要輔導其轉型，需要一段時間。