In the past, the main crop was rice; now fruit, vegetables, and cut flowers have moved from supporting actors to leading roles .... Thirty years ago, the "land-to-the-tiller" program made landowners out of sharecroppers. Today, small, dispersed farmlands are an obstacle to agricultural development, and the question has become: why "Owners Need Not Till, Though Tillers Need to Own".
一九五○年代，國際稱譽的第一次農地改革實施「耕者有其田」，使佃農成為自耕農，也把農地所有權分散到了耕作者手中，提高了生產意願；卅年後，耕地小而分割，卻成為農業企業化的絆腳石。