"Our exhaustive experimentation has already borne fruit," says Su. "But if the fallow-subsidies policy isn't changed, it will be very hard to expand energy-crop cultivation." Su wonders why farmers would break their backs growing energy crops when they can receive NT $ 45,000 for letting fields lie fallow.
「雖然辛苦實驗已有成果，但若政府的休耕政策不變，能源作物還是很難推廣，」蘇榮燦無奈地說，只要 4 萬 5,000 元的休耕補助還存在，農民可以坐領補助，何必要辛苦種植能源作物呢？