With the soil overtaxed for long periods, more and more fertilizers have had to be applied, yet cabbage yields have declined. After Taiwan joined the WTO, the situation grew even direr.
之後，在長期耗用地利下，肥料愈灑愈多，南山部落的高麗菜卻越種越小，利潤每下愈況，台灣加入 WTO 使情勢更顯惡劣。