Chen Chung believes that the small cultivated plots of traditional farming make it difficult to use efficient, labor-saving technologies and thus hinder competitiveness in international markets. The usual remedy for this has been even further exploitation of the land, and as Chen Chung points out with a pained expression, "the result was heavy use of pesticides and fertilizers, increased soil depletion, and environmental pollution."
陳中表示，更重要的是，傳統法的小面積耕作無法實施高效省工的栽植技術，在國際市場的價格競爭中往往落居劣勢，只好回頭增加對土地的剝削，「結果就是下重藥、施重肥，更加速的耗竭地利、污染環境，」他沉痛地說。