Taiwan's Shumei Farmers Live Out Their Back-to-the-Land Dreams According to the Council of Agri-culture, Taiwanese farmers used 36,529 metric tons of pesticides in 2005. That's 1.6 kilograms for every man, woman and child in Taiwan-a shocking statistic that bears witness to an excessive dependence on fertilizers and pesticides. The growing demand for organic produce has led growers to plant crops in confined and unnatural environments.
根據行政院農委會的資料顯示，2005 年台灣農藥使用量為 3 萬 6,529 公噸，若以全國 2,300 萬人口計算，不分老幼，每人平均分配 1.6 公斤農藥，可怕數字背後隱藏的，正是農民過度依賴施肥、灑農藥的慣行農法弊端。