Rice is the most important food crop in Taiwan. To ensure farmers’ income, stable prices and balance supply-demand of rice, the authority has been purchasing rice at guaranteed price as security stock since 1974. The security stock secures the country’s food supply and is released to the military and civilians. It helped the country survive through the global food crisis during 2007 and 2008 and played a role in stabilizing food prices and ensuring domestic food security during the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with the diet westernization and diversification and the habit of eating out, the rice consumption has decreased; thus the AFA actively adjust the agricultural industry to ensure domestic food supply.
Utilize agricultural land in a proper and sustainable fashion To ensure a stable supply of domestic food and proper utilization of agricultural land, the AFA encourages farmers to cultivate crops that can substitute for imports, have the export potential and are of local features or to maintain the production environment on the same field only once every year to promote agricultural sustainability.
Keep agricultural land under cultivation In order to maintain the limited environmental resources for agricultural production in the country, the "Basic Payment for Agricultural Environment" will be given to farmers farming and grazing on land in non-urban specific agricultural areas and general agricultural areas to maintain the production of agricultural crops from 2020 onwards, promoting the maintenance of the farming environment and a sustainable positive cycle.
