But, as farmland has been divided by inheritance, plots have become too small to achieve economies of scale. Opening up Taiwan to imports of farm products has only made things worse for farmers. Also, some farmland has become unproductive due to salination or subsidence. Thus many say that the time has come for farmland liberalization.
不過「農地農有」，經過繼承分家，造成農地畸零，無法大規模生產農作，在貿易自由化的政策下，農業更加雪上加霜；加上部分農地地層下陷、土壤鹽分過高，致使生產力偏低，因此開放農地移轉成為大勢所趨。