A trickle becomes a stream "Taiwan's efforts to improve rice strains are oriented toward local conditions," says Chang Su-chen, director of crop improvement at the Miaoli DARES. Planting 300,000 acres with one rice variety would open the door to heavy insect damage. Hence, DARES islandwide encourage biodiversity and strictly control the amount of acreage planted with a single variety.
涓滴成細流「台灣稻米技術改良有區域性的需求，」苗栗農改場作物改良課課長張素真說，基於生物多樣性的原則，平均在三萬公頃以上土地衍生的病蟲害就很嚴重，為了不讓病蟲壯大族群，每個品種的栽植面積必須控制住。