For the ordinary people, says an old Chinese saying, food is Fate. Farmland is of course intimately tied up with that most basic need of the masses for sustenance. So farmland destruction has naturally moved up to the top of the list for surveys and studies by research institutions.
民以食為天，農地和大眾最基本的維生糧食息息相關，農地汙染很自然成了研究單位調查與研究的第一順位。