"Agriculture on Taiwan has undergone major changes over the past thirty years," says Wang Yu-chou, director of the ROC Council of Agriculture in a special interview in this month's Sinorama.
Thirty years ago, the population of Taiwan was about 6.25 million; today, it has grown to 19 million. In the past, the problem was how to increase production; now the worry is overproduction. In the past, the main crop was rice; now fruit, vegetables, and cut flowers have moved from supporting actors to leading roles....
Thirty years ago, the "land-to-the-tiller" program made landowners out of sharecroppers. Today, small, dispersed farmlands are an obstacle to agricultural development, and the question has become: why "Owners Need Not Till, Though Tillers Need to Own".
The three reports in this month's cover feature, "Agriculture in a New Stage of Transition," explore these questions in detail.
economic miracle over the past thirty years, and the basis for its industrial development. In shoes, umbrellas, bicycles, tennis rackets, electric fans, sewing machines, and many other products one after another, Taiwan has established itself as the world's number one exporter. Today Taiwan is earning a new kind of number one in the world of high-technology and service industries.
In addition, this issue looks at efforts to solve the mystery of the origins of Taiwan's aborigines, offers a warm close-up look at a campus workman, visits the city of Hsinchu, and, as Women's Day approaches, explores a new image of Taiwan's housewives.
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