Taiwan's farm population is 3.4 million people, with an average age of 63. There are 0.72 hectares of arable land per household, less even than in neighboring Korea (1.3 hectares) and Japan (1.5). The average annual income of a person in the agricultural sector is just over NT $ 200,000 per year, only 40 % that of salaried employees.
台灣農業從業人口 340 萬，平均年齡 63 歲，每戶可耕地面積 0.72 公頃，比鄰近韓國的 1.3 公頃、日本的 1.5 公頃都小；農業年所得二十多萬元台幣，更只有台灣一般受薪階級的 0.4 倍。