As concerns the gradual departure of labor from rural villages, Liao Cheng-hung, professor at the Agriculture Extension Department of National Taiwan University, does not see this as a problem requiring restrictive measures.
不少人把目前農場工資上漲、務農不利，田園荒蕪的情形歸因於農村人口外移。誠然人口外流會導致農村勞動力缺乏；但目前台灣農業人口仍高達百分之十七，比美國、英國、日本、西德都要高很多。