Following the food crisis of 1974, the government launched the Stabilization Fund to ensure a steady rice supply. In the '80s, more varieties of food were introduced into the Taiwanese diet and the population by this time consumed much more than the recommended daily minimum of 2,500 calories. Food security considerations and Stabilization Fund purchases resulted in the overproduction of rice. Rice continued to comprise more than half of all agricultural output.
民國六十三年發生糧食危機後，為有效掌握稻米，政府開始進行平準基金收購，一九八○年代，人們飲食已多樣化，營養也遠遠超過一日所需的兩千五百卡路里，稻米出現生產過剩，但在糧食安全與平準基金收購之下，以稻米為主的糧食作物仍佔農業產值的一半以上。