Our earliest work was with soybeans, mungbeans, tomatoes, Chinese cabbage, sugarcane and potatoes. All our work, whether it be selecting a crop, planning research, or promoting plans, is related to our primary missions of improving nutrition for the people of developing nations and raising the incomes of such nations 'farmers, "says Chou.
「亞蔬的研究方法是結合學術與農民實地種植的策略與應用研究，最早選擇了大豆、綠豆、番茄、結球白菜、甘薯和馬鈴薯；無論是作物選擇、研究計畫或推廣計畫，都和設立宗旨改善開發中國家人民營養及提昇農民收入有關」，鄒篪生談起中心的發展史簡直就是一部活字典。