Using these machines on such small tracts of land is not only inconvenient, it is also economically infeasible. Wu T'ung-ch'uan, director of the Economics and Planning Department at the Council of Agriculture, sees the enlargement of farm areas as a problem of extreme urgency.
「今天經營農業也要像經營企業」，台大農業經濟系教授江榮吉說，農業應擴大經營規模，以機械化、企業化，處理生產和運銷，才能降低成本，提高收益。傳統的小農場，面積過小，不利機械作業，已不適合經濟環境。