"People have always thought of agriculture as a weak sister," Wang Hsi-hua says. "They've encouraged farmers to raise production and protected their interests, but they've never regulated them or asked them to bear the responsibilities of moving into the modern age." That has only exacerbated the difficulty of dealing with the problem, he says.
「過去總認為農業是弱勢，在鼓勵農民提高生產，保障他們權益的同時，卻沒有積極給予管理，要求他們也為走向現代化負些責任」，王西華教授認為，如此加重了今天改善污染的困難度。