Because Taiwan's farms have largely been cut up into small parcels, the average rice growing family has little more than a hectare in production. Consequently, there are high unit costs of production, averaging two or three times those of foreign rice farmers. This poses the greatest challenge to Taiwan's rice competitiveness in the modern marketplace.
然而，由於台灣多小農、農地分割零碎，平均一戶農友的農地面積只有一公頃多，稻米生產成本偏高，市場價格約為國外的二至三倍，成為現代市場競爭下最弱的一環。