With the support and instructions of the Council for Agricultural Development of the Executive Yuan, the islanders have expanded their crops of fruit to include watermelons, grapes, guavas, peaches, loquats, lychees and red dates. They also have rich harvests of corn, cabbage, peanuts, radishes, kaoliang (sorghum), and produce about 1 million kilograms of potatoes a year.
金門縣農業試驗所在行政院農業發展委員會的指導和支援下，改良推廣果樹，也改良雜糧作物，像高粱、玉米、甘薯等，並且研究新興作物如馬鈴薯，現在馬鈴薯已可年產一百公斤以上。