For this reason the premier suggested putting the management of TFC under the Council of Agriculture (COA). Neither agriculture nor farmers should ever be sacrificed for Taiwan's economic development, but after Taiwan joined the WTO in 2002 agriculture had inevitably suffered a degree of impact.
農業與農民確實不應成為台灣經濟發展下的犧牲品，但台灣在 2002 年初加入世界貿易組織（WTO）後，農業難免受到一定程度衝擊。