Last year an islandwide soil survey was conducted by government agriculture departments which found that the acidbase value for arable land had fallen by 0.8. Where soil is concerned any reading below 6.5 on the scale is strongly acidic, and over 90 % of Taiwan's farmland is below this level, affecting agricultural produce.
去年農政單位對全國土壤展開調查，發現台灣全省耕地酸鹼值降低了○．八，對土地而言，酸鹼值在六．五以下就是強酸，而全國耕地超過百分之九十都在這之下，對農作物產量造成影響。