In 1946, shortly after the retrocession of Taiwan, the population of the entire province was approximately 6.25 million people. In order to feed such a large number of mouths, food-producing concerns pondered day and night over the problem of how to increase production.
民國卅五年台灣光復不久，全省人口約六百廿五萬；為滿足悠悠眾口，糧食單位日夜以如何增產為念。